The Ides of March

In Roman times, Kalends, Nones and Ides were ancient markets that were used to reference dates in relation to lunar phases with Ides referencing to the first full moon of a given month which was usually between 13th and 15th of a month. Due to this, the Ides of March was like a new year of some sort and there was much celebrations and rejoicing. Up until 44BC, the Ides of March was used a deadline for settling debts so what happened?
Well, from 44BC onwards the Ides of March became the death anniversary of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was Rome's leader and he led many conquests in Europe like conquering Gaul (now France).
Caesar became Dictator of Rome for life near the end of his life. There were some Romans who thought that Caesar had too much power and that he had to die.
At the time of his death, the Roman Senate were meeting at a theatre called the Theatre of Pompey where Brutus and other senators stabbed Caesar 22 times on 15 March 44BC in broad daylight. After his death, Caesar was cremated (his body was burned and his bone fragments were then crushed up into cremains)
Julius was survived by his wife Calpurnia and his children Augustus (who was adopted from his siblings after Caesar's death), Caesarion and Julia Caesaris.
The site of Caesar's death, Largo di Torre Argentina, is now a cat sanctuary

The cat in the fact card