26) to the fatigues of war, is represented by Philostorgius (l.xi.c.

2) as the effect of sloth and intemperance; for which Photius calls him an impudent liar, (Godefroy, Dissert.p.

438.)] [Footnote 123: Zosimus supposes, that the boy Honorius accompanied his father, (l.iv.p.

280.) Yet the quanto flagrabrant pectora voto is all that flattery would allow to a contemporary poet; who clearly describes the emperor's refusal, and the journey of Honorius, after the victory (Claudian in iii.Cons.

78-125.)] In the faithful picture of the virtues of Theodosius, his imperfections have not been dissembled; the act of cruelty, and the habits of indolence, which tarnished the glory of one of the greatest of the Roman princes.