He protested,
nullum ex adversariis nisi inacie occubuisse. Sulp. Severus in Vit. B. Martin c. 23.
The orator of Theodosius bestow's reluctant, and therefore weighty, praise on his clemency.
Si cui ille, pro ceteris, sceleribus, suit, minus crudelis fuisse videtur (Panegyr. Vet. xii. 28).