This year the Ides of March falls on a Saturday. Hooray, a party just when you need one, and you don’t have to listen to some weepy Irish guy singing ‘Danny Boy’. But how do you make a toga? Add this to the list of things (Latin!) they didn’t teach you in high school — too busy with workshops on conflict resolution. As it happens, the Romans had a way with conflict resolution even if it was a bit stabby, so let’s celebrate that.

First: how much fabric to buy? (Bed sheets are for freshman.) Searching for YouTube help on this topic, one can find a woman with a British accent (the same lady who tries to sell me bars of gold I think). She seems to have a pattern designed by the Holy Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and ends up swathing herself in 6 yards of cloth, around and around. Her apparent goal is to join the Vestals and hang around in the kitchen talking about how you can-so have fun without drinking. But in the most useful video, the guy still needs 6 yards of cloth, if for somewhat different reasons. Togaboy is quite helpful, and you may only need 4 or 5 yards of cloth. For inspiration watch the amazing HBO series ‘Rome’. How-to video after the jump.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6el1codwPk&feature=related]

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