L. iv. Epist. p. 107. ed. Elmenhorstii.
He himself marched in the midst, his attire flaming with coccus, glittering with gold, and of milky whiteness with silk.
Describing the heat of the weather, he says:
One man perspires in cotton, another in silk.
L. ii. Epist. 2.
Lastly, in the following lines he alludes to the practice of giving silk to the successful charioteers at the Circensian games:
The Emp’ror, just as powerful, ordains
That silks with palms be given, crowns with chains:
Thus marks high merit, and inferior praise
In brilliant carpets to the rest conveys.