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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

As I walk between the tables, I notice a toga at the counter, sitting on a stool.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

He left a number of "togae" to his Oxford friends, including Robert Holler, the son of his Norfolk neighbour, to whom he also bequeathed "unum pulvinar vocatum le bolstar."

From Life in the Medieval University by Robert S. Rait

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

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

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

But before them, Caesar decreed that only Caesars could wear togas dyed completely purple.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Before the Pogues, MacGowan toyed with playing Cretan music, with making rock seasoned with industrial noise, even with starting an imperial-Rome act where band members would wear togas and gladiator outfits.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

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