The Rogatists were a religious movement within early Christianity that separated in the 4th century from the Donatists over the use of violence in the church.
"[5] Augustine countered saying that he too had thought that way but was convinced of the need for compulsion by the success of the imperial laws, and that Vincentius would use force if he had the power to do so.
Later Augustine wrote The nature and origin of the Soul[7] to address the teachings of Vincent Victor, a Rogatist disciple of Vincentius.
In 407 Vincent Victor had written to Augustine appealing to him to not persecute the Rogatist congregations.
You say you do not want to act savagely; I suspect that you cannot...He also cited that the Rogatists had sought court action for return of their churches seized by Donatists, to which Vincent Victor replied they were only seeking return of their goods and "not to accuse someone in order that he might be coerced" into conversion.