Day 75 - The Ides of March

This Picture is by Vincenzo Camuccini and depicts the death of Julius Caesar which is an event that made the Ides of March famous.
It is in fact just a date on the Roman Calendar that corresponds to the 15th of march.
The Romans did not number days of a month from the first through the last day. Instead, they counted backwards from three fixed points of the month, The Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st of the following month). The Ides occurred near the midpoint, on the 13th for most months, but on the 15th for March, May, July, and October.