{"id":2254,"date":"2016-02-29T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2022-04-27T22:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T02:23:50","slug":"march-is-for-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/march-is-for-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"March is for Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e54brx69fnk.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Roman-Horseman-Mus-Naz-Pal-Massimo-detail.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=2560&ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2259\" src=\"https:\/\/e54brx69fnk.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Roman-Horseman-Mus-Naz-Pal-Massimo-detail-150x150.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"Roman Horseman, Mus Naz Pal Massimo - detail\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e54brx69fnk.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Roman-Horseman-Mus-Naz-Pal-Massimo-detail-150x150.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/e54brx69fnk.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Roman-Horseman-Mus-Naz-Pal-Massimo-detail.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;zoom=0.4&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/e54brx69fnk.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Roman-Horseman-Mus-Naz-Pal-Massimo-detail.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e54brx69fnk.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Roman-Horseman-Mus-Naz-Pal-Massimo-detail.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the ancient world the waters of March ran red with blood. The month of spring was also the month of war. It was the traditional kick-off of the military season, when legions marched and navies sailed. No wonder Julius Caesar planned to start a vast military campaign in the east during March 44 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Romans knew what they were doing when they called the month <em>Martius<\/em> after Mars, the god of war.<\/p>\n<p>For commanders and centurions alike, for admirals and oarsmen, horsemen and Eagle-Bearers, March was the month to let their leadership shine.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a leader today or you want to be one, let March be the month when you stretch your skills, march to a new tune, and start up a new campaign. Do it energetically but peacefully, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Barry Strauss is the author of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Death-Caesar-Historys-Famous-Assassination\/dp\/1451668813\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1455491819&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+death+of+caesar\">The Death of Caesar: The Story of History\u2019s Most Famous Assassination<\/a>, <em>available in paperback March 22.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[392],"tags":[142,14,33,186,187],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrystrauss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}