The Ides of March

The Ides of March
Bethany Branch, January 18, 2008 and Gere Branch, March 3, 2008
Layne P.

“Beware the Ides of March…” — thus is Caesar warned of his impending doom. Layne’s book talk presentation looked at the legendary Roman Emperor Caesar through various fiction and non-fiction works. [Note: The Ides refers to the 15th day of the months of March, May, July and October — and the 13th day of each of the other 8 months. The “Ides of March” is the most notorious, as it was on that date that the emperor Caesar was assassinated.]

The Gallic War
by Caesar [936.4 Cae]

Lives From Plutarch
by Plutarch [920 P741a]

Caesar and Cleopatra
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha]

Caesar and Christ
by Will Durant [937 Dur]

Ides of March
by Thornton Wilder

Imperial Caesar
by Rex Warner

American Caesar
by William Manchester [B M113ma]

Caesar’s Women
by Colleen McCullough

Imperium
by Robert Harris

The Gods of War: A Novel of Julius Caesar
by Conn Iggulden

The Twelve Caesars
by Suetonius [937 Sue]