The Ides of March at Calvin

March 14, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: Members of the Calvin College classics club will re-enact the
stabbing of Julius Caesar by Brutus on March 15 at 10:10 am on campus.

Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/ides.htm

On Wednesday, March 15, the Calvin classics club SPQR is staging a
re-enactment of the stabbing of Julius Caesar by Brutus in recognition of the
“Ides of March,” the anniversary of Caesar’s assassination.

Caesar, a Roman military and political leader, was one of the most influential
men in world history and played a critical role in the transformation of the
Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His dramatic assassination occurred on
the Ides of March in 44 BC and led to another Roman civil war (the Ides of
March is a term from the ancient Roman calendar).

The re-enactment at Calvin will take place at 10:10 am in Johnny’s (the
on-campus coffee shop) with two SPQR members taking the roles. Senior and group
co-chair Ben Wright will play the role of Caesar and junior classical studies
major Stephen Mellis will play Brutus. Both students will be classically
garbed.

From 10 a.m. through noon, the SPQR will also be offering a quiz on the Ides
of March to Johnny’s patrons. The winner will receive two tickets to the new
movie, 300.

The entire event it in keeping with the mission of SPQR, whose acronym stands
for the motto of ancient Rome: “Senatus Populusque Romanus,” or “the
Senate and the people of Rome.”

The group, which attracts 20 to 30 members to events, exists to raise
awareness of classical culture and classical history. SPQR also stages readings
of classical offerings from Cicero and Homer in the original languages.

Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/ides.htm

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Received on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:00:14 -0400