Idus Martiae Mystery Cache
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The cache is NOT located at the posted grid. You will need to figure out the coords by solving the puzzle.
4/18/20: Diecast64 originally placed this cache while living in the area. One of the very first multi-caches we did was by Diecast64. Since then, we have located many of his. Always enjoy the background information he provides AND his attention to detail. We solved this one (along with Idus Martiae and Battleship in Milford Lake) and have discovered the physical caches are no longer in place. We reached out to Diecast64 and are adopting all three. Phonetic Alphabet is going to take some tweaking before replacing but the other two solutions will stay as is. We should have them up and running within a week so look for posting in logs below. Happy Geocaching: The Ides of March (Latin: Idus Martiae) is the name of March 15 in the Roman calendar. The term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other months. The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars and a military parade was usually held. In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date that Julius Caesar was killed in 709 AUC or 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and 60 other co-conspirators. According to Plutarch, Caesar was warned by a seer to be on his guard against a great peril on the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey (where he would be assassinated), Caesar saw the seer and joked "Well, the Ides of March have come," to which the seer replied "Ay, they have come, but they are not gone."This meeting is famously dramatized in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned to "beware the Ides of March" Now onto the cache. You are looking for a micro located within a few miles of the posted grid. Here is the grid: XXXIX X LV XCVI LIII CMXLVIII
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