So a soothsayer warned the title character in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. But Caesar did not beware and was killed by a group of conspirators on March 15, 44 B.C.

Julius Caesar's popularity soars when he returns ... over Caesar's growing power and influence in Rome. Meanwhile, a soothsayer warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March and Caesar's wife ...

It all goes very wrong. The Romans were particularly keen on omens and portents and in Julius Caesar, it’s a soothsayer’s prophecy which gives the first indication something nasty is on its way.