He "created a government based solely on merit, so that in the empire sons and younger brothers in the imperial clan were not ennobled, but meritorious ministers were", and "pacified the frontier regions by subduing the barbarians to the north and south".
El "creou un goberno baseado exclusivamente no mérito, polo que non imperio os fillos e irmáns máis novos da familia imperial non eran ennobrecidos, mais si os ministros de mérito", e "pacificou as rexións fronteirizas reprimindo os bárbaros ao norte e ao surh".