Today is March 15th, the Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators back in 44 BC during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located in Rome's Theater of Pompey. The remains of the Curia are located in Rome's Lago Argentina, and are highlighted in the photograph on the left. Caesar was warned to "Beware the Ides of March," but did not take the threat seriously. His death marked the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, kind of like where we are now here in the US, possibly coming to the end of the American Republic and the beginning of the American Empire, led by our great and powerful wannabe new Emperor, Donald J. Trump.
The Theater of Pompey, by the way, was a huge building that occupied the area between the present-day Campo de Fiori and Lago Argentina. It can be found on the left side of the circa 60 AD tourist map seen on the right. This is where the Hotel Smeraldo, a hotel I stayed at the last time I visited Rome, is located. It is a fun area of the city, especially Campo de Fiori, and I can definitely recommend staying around that neighborhood if you happen to be visiting Rome. Plus, the historic ruins at Lago Argentina were opened to the public last year after being closed off to tourists for the past 2000 years. Feel free to use the map when you go. Just be sure to watch out for "Great Caesar's Ghost."
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