Ides of March 44 BC
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The Ides of March 44 BC is the date in the Roman calendar on which Julius Caesar was famously assassinated, marking a turning point in Roman history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| assassination of Julius Caesar | 3 |
| Assassination of Julius Caesar | 2 |
| Ides of March 44 BC canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1704070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ides of March 44 BC Context triple: [Julius Caesar, assassinationDate, Ides of March 44 BC]
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A.
Pisonian conspiracy
The Pisonian conspiracy was a major plot in 65 AD by Roman senators and equestrians to overthrow Emperor Nero and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
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B.
murder of Claudia Octavia
The murder of Claudia Octavia refers to the alleged killing of Nero’s first wife, a popular Roman empress, in a notorious act that underscored the emperor’s brutality and helped fuel public outrage against his rule.
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C.
Year of the Four Emperors
The Year of the Four Emperors was a tumultuous period of civil war in 69 AD during which four different men successively claimed the Roman imperial throne before stability was restored under Vespasian.
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D.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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E.
Cesare
Cesare is a character in Primo Levi's memoir "The Truce," depicted as an unpredictable, resourceful fellow survivor encountered during Levi's journey home after liberation from Auschwitz.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ides of March 44 BC Target entity description: The Ides of March 44 BC is the date in the Roman calendar on which Julius Caesar was famously assassinated, marking a turning point in Roman history.
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A.
Pisonian conspiracy
The Pisonian conspiracy was a major plot in 65 AD by Roman senators and equestrians to overthrow Emperor Nero and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
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B.
murder of Claudia Octavia
The murder of Claudia Octavia refers to the alleged killing of Nero’s first wife, a popular Roman empress, in a notorious act that underscored the emperor’s brutality and helped fuel public outrage against his rule.
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C.
Year of the Four Emperors
The Year of the Four Emperors was a tumultuous period of civil war in 69 AD during which four different men successively claimed the Roman imperial throne before stability was restored under Vespasian.
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D.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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E.
Cesare
Cesare is a character in Primo Levi's memoir "The Truce," depicted as an unpredictable, resourceful fellow survivor encountered during Levi's journey home after liberation from Auschwitz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination
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date in the Roman calendar ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| countryAtTheTime | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| hasAftermathEvent |
Mark Antony’s funeral oration
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funeral of Julius Caesar ⓘ proscription of conspirators by the Second Triumvirate ⓘ |
| hasAncientHistorianSource |
Appian’s "Roman History"
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linked to:
Appian’s Roman History
Cassius Dio’s "Roman History" ⓘ
linked to:
Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Suetonius’s "The Twelve Caesars" ⓘ
linked to:
De vita Caesarum
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| hasApproximateNumberOfConspirators | about 60 ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfWounds | 23 ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedPhrase | Beware the Ides of March ⓘ |
| hasCalendarDate | 15 March 44 BC ⓘ |
| hasCalendarType |
Roman Republican calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman calendar
|
| hasConspirator |
Casca
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Cinna ⓘ Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ⓘ Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ Ligarius ⓘ Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ Trebonius ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
symbol of betrayal in Western culture
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symbol of ominous forewarning ⓘ |
| hasImmediateOutcome | death of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySource |
Plutarch’s "Lives"
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linked to:
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
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| hasLongTermConsequence |
Roman civil wars
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rise of Octavian (Augustus) ⓘ rise of the Second Triumvirate ⓘ transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasMainVictim | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| hasMethod | stabbing with daggers ⓘ |
| hasModernCalendarEquivalent | 15 March 44 BC (Julian calendar) ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForConspirators |
desire to restore the authority of the Senate
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fear of Caesar’s growing power ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorsCollective | Liberatores ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalConsequence |
end of Julius Caesar’s dictatorship
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power struggle in the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| hasReligiousContext | day of the festival of Anna Perenna ⓘ |
| hasRomanCalendarName | Idus Martiae ⓘ |
| hasVictimRole | dictator perpetuo of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| isDramatizedIn |
William Shakespeare’s play "Julius Caesar"
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linked to:
Julius Caesar (play)
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| isPartOf |
Crisis of the Roman Republic
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linked to:
Roman civil wars
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| isTurningPointIn |
Roman history
ⓘ
late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | Theatre of Pompey ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | Rome ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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