A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 244
e Tlieban Legion isone of the most ancient of allleo-ends, and has been so re-ceived as to have almost thesame importance, as if it werea strictly historical fact. TheTheban Legion was so calledbecause levied in the Thebaid.It was composed of Q^QQQ men,all of whom were Christians.It was commanded… … ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 227 was about to enter Gaul, he ordered this legion to accompany himthither. AVhen they had passed the Alps the legion was divided : a partwent to the Rhine, and the remainder halted on the banks of LakeGeneva. Here Maximin ordered a great sacrifice to the gods, withall the…
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