No prince was ever bolder, but it is certain that no quality could be less desirable, at that particular moment in the history of his house.

It was not the quality to confirm a usurping family in its ill-gotten possessions.

Renewed aggressions upon the rights of others justified retaliation and invited attack.

Justice, prudence, firmness, wisdom of internal administration were desirable in the son of Philip and the rival of Louis.

These attributes the gladiator lacked entirely.