"Beware the Ides of March"

"Beware the Ides of March" was the soothsayers warning to the great Julius Caesar, or at least that is how Shakespeare portrayed the event in history. And of course it was on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 B.C was when Julius Caesar was assassinated by the members of his own Senate. We can learn many things for Caesar, but the most important thing might be don't reduce the power of the Senate, they might kill you!!! Don't abuse your power or you might get stabbed in the back by some of your closest friends. Now Julius was not the emperor of the Roman Empire, the first Roman Emperor was Augustus Caesar, and although Augustus was very proud, he did learn a thing or two about how to be a leader. When Augustus stood before the Senate he did not call himself an emperor or even the king, but referred to himself as the "first citizen of Rome." Although most historians agree that Augustus is considered the first emperor of Rome, Augustus never referred to himself as an emperor. Sometimes I think that we should learn at lesson from the Romans, never allow one man get too much power. Just a thing to think about as we are in the process of electing a new president of our country.