Today, March 15th, is best known as The Ides of March, the day that Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader credited for the transformation of the Roman Republic (government by the people) into that of the Roman Empire (autocratic form of government), was assassinated by his close friend, Marcus Brutus; literally stabbed in the back. It is from this tragedy that the phrase, Keep your friends close but your enemies closer, stems from.
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