97. Eusebius (in Vita Constant. 1. iii. c. 1) chooses to
affirm that in the reign of this hero the sword of justice
hung idle in the hands of the magistrates. Eusebius himself
(1. iv. c. 29, 54) and the Theodosian Code will inform us
that this excessive lenity was not owing to the want either
of atrocious criminals or of penal laws.