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A boy from Watts stares at the ocean, imagining ancient Greek boats sailing across the Pacific and his father in a toga and sneakers, proudly hoisting a trident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Its stitched-together scenes—frat pledge party, dining hall food fight, toga party, horse in Dean Wormer’s office, homecoming parade—were individually hilarious and held together only by the individual characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Others have stated that an ounce of gold was enough to buy a good toga in Roman times and is enough to buy a man’s suit today.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

An oversized floral print on a draped toga dress seemed to capture the Beatles’ psychedelic era, almost transporting wearers to London’s Camden vintage shops.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

Vitellius the Lar followed, stumbling over his shimmering purple toga and readjusting his sword, telling everyone how he’d predicted Percy’s rise to greatness.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

It was in them that the much-abused lines O fortunam natam me Consule Romam, and Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi, occurred.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

"Cedant arma togae," said Villefort with a bow.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

The truth is that in this age cedant arma togae: it is the civilian who rules on the throne or behind it, and who makes the fighting-men his mere agents.

From Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

When the Romans said "cedant arma togae," they did not refer to civil officials and soldiers; the civil officials were then soldiers in their turn; professional soldiers did not exist.

From Battle Studies by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq

Another line quoted in the 2nd Philippic is Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

There was a brief discussion of togas and other Roman paraphernalia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The 1930s-era news accounts describe lavish parties with male servers draped in togas.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024

Owens has always had an aesthetic riffing on the garb of Ancient Egypt, with togas, drapes and high priestess styles gracing his runways.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

Men draped themselves in Roman togas to proclaim in public, signed their letters with the names of famous Romans and filled etiquette manuals, sermons and schoolbooks with lessons from the classical past.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021

In their flowing togas they looked a great deal alike, although Demosthenes’s cheeks were puffed up because of the pebbles.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood