Claudian (in iv. Cons. Honor. 77, etc.) contrasts the military plans of the two usurpers:-
. . . Novitas audere priorem
Suadebat; cautumque dabant exempla sequentem.
His nova moliri praeceps: his quaerere tuta
Providus. Hic fusis collectis viribus ille;
Hic vagus excurrens; hic intra claustra re-ductus;
Dissimiles, sed morte pares . . .