cedant arma togae
AmericanEtymology
Origin of cedant arma togae
Literally, “let arms yield to the toga”
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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
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
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