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Nonius Marcellus quotes a passage of Varro to show that it was a garment worn by soldiers (vestis militaris), and thus opposed to the toga.
The first record of the conjecture dates back to 36BC, from Marcus Terentius Varro, but is often attributed to Pappus of Alexandria (c. 290 – c. 350).