Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which William Shakespeare play includes the line, “Beware the ides of March”?"
...March 15 is known as the “Ides of March,” a date that became infamous in ancient Roman history. The phrase “Beware the Ides of March” comes from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. In 44 BC, the day gained lasting notoriety when Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of conspiring senators. Ancient historian Plutarch wrote that a seer had warned Caesar that danger would come to him no later than the Ides of March. Shakespeare famously dramatized this moment, portraying a mysterious soothsayer cautioning Caesar to “beware the Ides of March.”
