98. The penance of Theodosius is authenticated by Ambrose
(tom. ii. de Obit. Theodos. c. 34, p. 1207), Augustine (The
City of God, v. 26), and Paulinus (in Vit. Ambros. c. 24).
Socrates is ignorant; Sozomen (1. vii. c. 25) concise; and
the copious narrative of Theodoret (1. v. c. 18) must be
used with precaution.