"He was severe," says Sozomen, "to the adherents of Athanasius", not only forbidding the exercise of their worship, but "inflicting imprisonment and scourges on men and women after the fashion of a tyrant"; while, towards all alike, "he wielded his authority with more violence than belonged to the episcopal rank and character."
Sozomen states that the man was strict, particularly toward Athanasius's supporters. He not only banned their worship but also detained and whipped both men and women in a manner reminiscent of a tyrant; for everyone else, he wielded his authority with more force than expected from an episcopal role.