Seneca · On the degeneracy of the age

Letters 97.4

“He made assignations, promises, pleas, and gifts. And more than this (merciful Heavens, what an abandoned state of affairs!) upon several of the jury, to round out their reward, he even bestowed the enjoyment of certain women and meetings with noble youths.”

Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 97.4, translated by Richard Mott Gummere