Toga Virilis Definition

Toga Virilis Sentence Examples

• Such events were the birthday of the head of the household; the assumption of the toga virilis by a son; the festival of the Caristia in memory of deceased members of the household; recovery from illness; the entry of a young bride into the house for the first time; return home after a long absence.

• In his sixteenth year (87 B.C.) Caesar lost his father, and assumed the toga virilis as the token of manhood.

• On the 15th of December 51 Nero completed his fourteenth year, and Agrippina, in view of Claudius's failing health, determined to delay no longer his adoption of the toga virilis.