Bust of Julius Caesar in the Vatican Museum. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins.
Shakespeare has the Sootsayer warn Caesar, “Beware the ides of March.” The ides of March was used to describe the 15th of March in the Roman calendar. It was on that day that Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. As a result, the expression has come to have a sense of foreboding — a sense that something bad is about to happen.
Our photo below shows the place in the Roman Forum where a temple was built to honor Julius Caesar by Augustus in 29 B.C. The deification of rulers was already common in the eastern part of the Empire. This practice would become a serious problem for the Christians of the Roman Empire before the end of the first century A.D., especially those living in Asia Minor. This is one of the issues addressed in the Book of Revelation.
Ruins of the Temple erected to Caesar in the Roman Forum. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins.
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Thanks for the note. I had it correct in the paragraph above the photo, but had incorrectly identified the photo. My oversight.
Ferrell, I believe you have a picture of the scant remains of the temple erected to Julius Caesar in the Roman Forum. He was actually killed at the Theater of Pompey, near the Largo Argentina in Rome.