Compare also the adjective "rapacious" which retains the generic meaning of greedy and grasping. Hence, they were viciously rapacious and ruthless in the search of spoils. Instead of godly martyrs, historians now described missionaries as arrogant and rapacious imperialists. Like Rhodes, Weston, while supremely capable, is racist, amoral, rapacious, and hates God and religion. Virgil described Cerberus as "ravenous" ("fame rabida"), and a rapacious Cerberus became proverbial. Constantin was a good and conscientious ruler, protecting his people from rapacious tax farmers. Japan is frequently depicted as rapacious and dangerous, both in the colonial era and afterward. Shaghab in particular is usually portrayed as a "rapacious and short-sighted schemer" by later historians. Rapacious Bedouin filled the vacuum, rendering the caravan trade all but impossible. Pando the Rapacious declared Capua independent of Salerno in 862. Therefore, Brown & Amadon (1986) consider the species as markedly "rapacious and powerful".