45. Orosius (l. vii. c. 36, p. 565) qualifies this account
with an expression of doubt (ut aiunt); and it scarcely
coincides with the **** of Zosimus (l. v. [c. 1 l] p. 303).
Yet Claudian, after some declamation about Cadmus's
soldiers, frankly owns that Stilicho sent a small army, lest
the rebel should fly, ne timeare times (i. Cons. Stilich. l.
i. 314, etc.).