23. The Thebaean legions, which were then quartered at
Hadrianople, sent a deputation to Gallus, with a tender of
their services. Ammian. 1. xiv. c. 11. The Notitia (s. 6,
20, 38, edit. Labb.) mentions three several legions which
bore the name of Thebaean. The zeal of M. de Voltaire to
destroy a despicabie though celebrated legend has tempted
him on the slightest grounds to deny the existence of a
Thebaean legion in the Roman armies. See Oeuvresde Voltaire,
tom. xv. p. 414, quarto edition.