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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

Now, thanks to “Gutfeld!,” those people have a standing invite to a subdued toga party hosted by the worst fraternity on this campus.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023

On a piece of warped wood, I saw a faded painting of an old man in a toga.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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 Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph

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

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

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 Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

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 Rait, Robert S.

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

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