The Gauls in their pride stripped themselves of the Sagum; they showed their great white bodies from a distance, and they enlarged their wounds to terrify the enemy.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert
Behind the centurion, Jesus, in his faded Sagum, staggered, overweighted by the burden of a cross.
"Mary Magdalen"
Edgar Saltus
On leaving the bath, he was clothed in a white tunic, which was symbolical of purity, and a red robe, which was symbolical of the blood he was bound to shed in the service of the faith, and a black Sagum or close-fitting coat, which was symbolical of the death which awaited him as well as all men.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume I. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot