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	Theban Legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Theban legion figures in Christian mythology as an entire Roman legion — of "six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men" — who had converted en masse to Christianity and were martyred together, in 286 A.D., according to the hagiographies of Saint Maurice, the chief among the Legion's saints.
		The Theban Legion was commanded in its march by Mauritius, Candidus, and Exupernis, all of whom are venerated as saints.
		Martyrs of the Theban Legion: in Switzerland at Agaunum, Solothurn, Zurich, Zurzach; in Italy at Bergamo, Turin, Piacenza, in the Cottian Alps, Pinerolo, Milian, Ventimilia; in Germany at Trier, Bonn, Cologne, Xanten
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theban_Legion (607 words)

	Saint Maurice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Moritz and the Indian Ocean isle of Mauritius, was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion.
		The traditional story of Christian mythology is that the legion, entirely composed of Christians, had been called from Thebes in Egypt to go to Gaul, to assist Maximian, which they did valiantly.
		Some historians suggest that this was a pious fabrication by bishop Theodore of sometime between 388 and 394, whom Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, cites as his source of this story, to encourage his contemporary Christians serving in the Roman army to ignore the orders their pagan superiors and instead side with the Christians.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Saint_Maurice (668 words)

	The Roman Theban Legion - All Martyred in 286 A.D.
		The Theban Legion were quartered in the east until the emperor Maximian ordered them to march to Gaul, to assist him against the rebels of Burgundy.
		The Theban Legion was a Christian legion of soldiers during the reign of Diocletian.
		After the second decimation, Maximian warned the remainder of the Theban legion that it was of no use for them to trust in their number, for if they persisted in their disobedience, not a man among them would be able to escape death.
	www.bibleprobe.com /theban.html (3378 words)

	LEFTFIELD-PSI Spear of Destiny Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Along the path, garrisons of the Theban Legion were left behind to guard the vital roads and passes necessary to secure the movements of the Legion and their supply train.
		The names of every man in the Theban Legion were written down on lots and 600 names were randomly selected by the centurions to be executed for defying the direct orders of the Emperor.
		Those ranks of the Theban Legion which had been left behind the main force to secure the roads linking Switzerland, Italy, and Germany became hunted men and each was progressively martyred for their faith.
	www.leftfield-psi.net /religion/spear_of_destiny1.html (1703 words)

	Saint Maurice of Turin - Fantasy & Movie Swords - Decorative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His legion, Legio Thebiae (Theban Legion), is believed to have been composed of as many as 6,600 Egyptian Christian Copts who had been originally recruited from and stationed in Thebias in Upper Egypt.
		The entire Theban legion was massacred en masse by their own side when they refused to participate in pagan sacrifices at Aaunum, an area of modern Switzerland.
		The fact that St. Maurice is said to have belonged to a legion called the Thebiae, which was stationed in northern Italy in the early 5th century at the latest, suggests that Theodore invented the story of St. Maurice in order to appeal to this legion for political reasons.
	www.swordsofhonor.com /greatsword/samaoftu.html (983 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Maurice
		Officer in a legion of Christian soldiers from Upper Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian Herculius.
		His legion, as many as 6600 men, was massacred en masse by their own side when they refused to participate in pagan sacrifices prior to battle.
		One of the Martys of the Theban Legion.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm32.htm (122 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Agaunum
		Agaunum, in the diocese of Sion, Switzerland, owes its fame to an event related by St. Eucherius, Bishop of Lyons, the martyrdom of a Roman legion, known as the "Theban Legion", at the beginning of the fourth century.
		The sources for the martyrdom of the Thebans are few, consisting of two editions of their "Acts", certain entries in the calendars and in the martyrologies, and the letter of Bishop Eucherius, written in the year 450.
		The objections raised against the fact itself, and the attempts made to reduce the massacre of the legion to the mere death of six men, one of whom was a veteran, do not seem to merit attention.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01205a.htm (1040 words)

	Saint Maurice Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He was gradually promoted until he became the leader of the Theban legion, formed of 6600 soldires.
		This legion was sent, upon the order of the Emperoe Maximianos (286-305), to resist the tribes' attacks at the western borders of the Roman Empire.
		The Theban legion settled down all along the western borders from Germany to Italy, near Lausanne in Switzerland.
	saintmauricechurch.org /saintmaurice_files/stmo.html (221 words)

	The Origin of the Cult of St. Maurice
		To the extent, therefore, that the story of Maurice and the Theban legion seems to accept military service and the notion of justifiable homicide, it betrays its author's acceptance of a point of view which did not dominate within the church until the very late 4th century.
		This may be taken to indicate, not only that Theodore invented the whole story of Maurice and the Theban legion, but that he also used some conveniently discovered bodies to support his fiction.
		In short, I suggest that he commanded Theban troops who were stationed in or about Octodurum in the aftermath of the defeat of Maximus, and that Bishop Theodore chose the name of Maurice for his newly discovered martyr out of deference to him.
	www.ucc.ie /milmart/maurorig.html (5571 words)

	Two Champions of Germany one white one black - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maurice was an officer of the Theban Legion of Emperor Maximian Herculius' army, which was composed of Christians from Upper Egypt.
		There were units of Theban soldiers which showed by their very titles that they dated from the Tetrarchic period when Diocletian and Maximian had shared the empire together.40 Whatever doubts there may have been in some quarters were undoubtedly rationalised away as has happened until this present day, and will doubtless continue to happen.
		The general point that propaganda like Theodore's account of the Theban Legion may have weakened the resolve of some of the forces who fought for Eugenius, and have tempted them to defect at the first practical opportunity, is made more interesting still by the evidence of the Notitia Dignitatum.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=13313 (5050 words)

	coptichymns.net :: Sharing the Joy of Coptic Hymns and Community Around the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first story to be given here is that of the men of the Theban legion and of a nurse whose name is associated with them.
		One of the Egyptian legions that had won high repute in the armed service was known as the Theban legion, so_called because its members were natives of Thebes, capital of Pharaonic Egypt (and site of the present day town of Luxor).
		It was built after she had visited the city to meditate over the tombs of St. Ursus and St. Victor, two of the officers of the Theban Legion martyred and buried there.
	www.saintabanoub.org /PagEd-index-topic_id-10-page_id-351.html (2176 words)

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		That it originated before the middle of the fifth century and that the Theban martyrs were honored thus early must be admitted.
		Against the authenticity of the legend it may be alleged that almost a century and a half intervened between its supposed occurrence and the oldest record of it, while contemporaries and earlier authors make no reference to it.
		No Theban legion is known to have existed at that time, and it is improbable that a general like Maximian, however great his hatred of the Christians, would have put to death an entire legion at a time when he needed his soldiers to keep the barbarians and rebels in check.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc11/htm/old/0337=315.htm (959 words)

	Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After repeated refusals, he ordered that the legion should be subjected to "the decimation," which meant that every tenth man (from the Latin "deci" meaning "tenth") was put to death.
		The Legion was of one mind: They had been brought up as Christians and were instructed in the One Eternal God and were ready to suffer extreme penalties rather than do any thing contrary to their religion.
		After the second decimation, Maximian warned the remainder of the Theban legion that it was of no use for them to trust in their number.
	www.parousianetwork.com /The_Beams_Are_Creaking.htm (2710 words)

	Orthodoxy’s Western Heritage - Mission in the Alps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The legion was composed of Christian warriors whose ardor in battle was matched by an equally ardent faith.
		The Theban legion refused to comply and withdrew from the encampment at Octodurum (today's Martigny) southeast to Agaunum.
		The head of the legion, St. Maurice, encouraged his soldiers to stand fast in their faith and prepare themselves for the honor of suffering for Christ in imitation of their martyred companions who had already joined the armies of Christian warriors in heaven.
	www.roca.org /OA/63/63f.htm (3438 words)

	A History of Christianity in Egypt - The Saints
		Saint Maurice was the captain of the Theban Legion, a unit in the Roman army that had been recruited from Upper Egypt and consisted entirely of Christians.
		The Theban Legion refused to comply with the order and withdrew from the rites, even going so far as to camp away from the rest of the army so as not to be drawn into what they saw as horrifyingly against their beliefs.
		Maximinus repeatedly ordered the Theban Legion to comply with his orders, and when they continued to refuse, he ordered the unit "decimated," a practice in which every tenth man was put to death.
	touregypt.net /chiste3.htm (3761 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maximinus was infuriated by their insubordination and ordered the legion decimated - the origin of our word, meaning in this original sense, that every tenth man in this legion was to be executed to convince the remainder to submit and to restore discipline in the ranks.
		Maximinus, a god by his own admission, recognized the inadequacy of his own authority over such determined men and ordered his army to annihilate the entire legion, in their main encampment and wherever they were to be found throughout his ranks.
		Expecting a fight, the army of Maximinus moved against the legion but, to a man, the legionnaires set aside their weapons, refusing to resist their former comrades, and gave their lives willingly, sacrificially, for their Lord and Master.
	www.whatmatters.org /Thebans.html (602 words)

	YWAM Europe \| News & Events \| Weekly Word
		So he despatched the Theban legion from Upper Egypt in the region of the city of Thebes, now Luxor, to put the rebellion down.
		Maurice, the commander of the Theban legion, heard that the rebels were also Christians and that their rebellion consisted of refusing to worship the Emperor as a god.
		So he ordered the execution of the rest of the 7000 members of the Theban legion - his own soldiers - for refusing to worship him and to put to death their fellow Christians.
	www.ywameurope.org /news/word/readWord.asp?word=48 (871 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The story of these martyrs, commonly known as the Theban Legion (Alkateeba alTeebia or Alkateeba al-sa'eedia) has been preserved for us by Saint Eucher, the bishop of Lyons, who died in 494 AD.
		Fired thus by the lead of their officers, the Theban legion sent to Maximian (who was still enraged) a reply as loyal as it is brave: ``Emperor, we are your soldiers but also the soldiers of the true God.
		Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion in the Coptic Tradition: ----------------------------------------------------------- There is no entry in the Coptic Synxarion for these saints, neither is their any Coptic Church concecrated in their names.
	www.coptic.net /synexarion/MauriceOfTheba.txt (1953 words)

	St. Maurice - St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church
		Maurice and the 6600 Martyrs of the Theban Legion
		One of the most amazing and inspiring stories of the early church is that of St. Maurice and the Theban Legion.
		When Maximian was unable to get them to obey, he gave order that the legion should be decimated that is, every tenth man was to be put to death.
	www.stmaryofegypt.net /saints_maurice.shtml (827 words)

	Theban Legion
		A legion of men consisting of 6,666 soldiers were all Christian.
		Called Theban legion because there were all from Thebias; they were quartered in the east until the emperor Maximian ordered them to march to Gaul.
		This so greatly enraged Maximian, that he ordered the legion to be decimated, every 10th man put to the sword.
	latter-rain.com /genko/theban.htm (174 words)

	Coptic Orthodox: Arch. Michael and St. Anthonys of Melbourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When this news came to him, he repeatedly commanded them to obey his rules and orders, and upon their constant and unanimous refusal, he ordered that the legion should be "decimated".
		They had always the horror of idolatry, they had been brought up as Christians and were instructed in the One Eternal God and were ready to suffer extreme penalties rather than do anything contrary to their religion.
		Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion in the Coptic Tradition: There is no entry in the Coptic Synexarion for these saints, neither is their any Coptic Church consecrated in their names.
	stanthonys.port5.com /resource/synex_m2.htm (2135 words)

	Kick A Pig: June 2005
		This group was known as the Theban Legion, as the men were raised in Thebais.
		After his order was executed, the remaining men of the Theban Legion were still resolute, refusing to sacrifice to idols and take the oath to slay the Christians of Gaul.
		On September 22, 286, the Theban Legion was cut to pieces by the sword.
	kickapig.blogspot.com /2005_06_01_kickapig_archive.html (4505 words)

	Thebes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The adjective related to both places is Theban.
		The Theban Legion, martyred in the year 286.
		Thebes is the name of a place in the United States of America:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theban (145 words)

	Theban Legion martyred
		According to the earliest accounts we have, an entire Roman legion was martyred for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods and/or take an oath to extirpate the Christians of Gaul.
		It was to quell this disturbance that Maximian brought up the Theban Legion from Egypt.
		Furthermore, there is reason to believe that not all the Thebans were present at the site of the massacre.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/09/daily-09-22-2002.shtml (655 words)

	Saint Maurice -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Moritz and the Indian Ocean isle of (A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius) Mauritius, was the leader of the (A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events) legendary Roman (Click link for more info and facts about Theban Legion) Theban Legion.
		However, when Maximian ordered them to harass some local (A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination) Christians, they refused, and Maximian ordered the unit punished.
		See (Click link for more info and facts about Theban Legion) Theban Legion.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saint_maurice.htm (670 words)

	St. Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The story of these martyrs, commonly known as the Theban Legion, has been preserved for us by Saint Eucher, bishop of Lyons, who died in 494 AD.
		Fired thus by the lead of their officers, the Thebans sent to Maximian who was still enraged, a reply as loyal as it was brave: "Emperor, we are your soldiers but also the soldiers of the True God.
		Some of the members of the legion were not at Aguanum at the time of the massacre.
	www.stmarycoptorthodox.org /st-maurice.htm (1651 words)

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