Denis Van Berchem, of the University of Geneva, proposed that Eucherius ' presentation of the legend of the Theban legion was a literary production, not based on a local tradition ; by isolating its hagiographic conventions from the anachronisms of local narrative elements, he sought to demonstrate that Eucherius derived his formulas from Lactantius and Orosius and that the decimation was an anachronism: the practice of decimation had not been practiced for at least a century ( see Ammianus Marcellinus for Julian's misinterpretation of decimation ) and that service by Christians in the legions before Emperor Constantine I was relatively rare.

According to " De Consulatu Stilichonis " by Claudian, Placidia was betrothed to Eucherius, only known son of Stilicho and Serena.

Eucherius sought refuge in Rome but was arrested there by Arsacius and Tarentius, two eunuchs following imperial command.

443 – 450 by Eucherius of Lyon, the garrison of the Legion was the city of Thebes, Egypt.

According to a letter from Eucherius, bishop of Lyon written about 450, bodies identified as the martyrs of Agaunum were discovered and identified by Theodore ( Theodulus ), the first historically identified Bishop of Octudurum, who was present at the Council of Aquileia, 381 and died in 391.

The martyrology was written by Eucherius, Bishop of Lyon, who died in 494.

Honorius's wife Thermantia, daughter of Stilicho, was taken from the imperial throne and given over to her mother ; Eucherius, the son of Stilicho, was put to death.

Shortly after, Olympius, " an officer of rank in the court-guards " attempted to convince Honorius that Stilicho was in fact conspiring to depose Theodosius II, to replace him with Eucherius.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Syagrius and Eucherius ( or, less frequently, year 1134 Ab urbe condita ).

The marriage took place around the time of Stilicho's mission to Persia, and ultimately Serena gave birth to a son, who was named Eucherius, and two daughters, Maria and Thermantia.

His son Eucherius was murdered in Rome shortly afterwards.

It was presumably at Lerins that Salvian made the acquaintance of Honoratus ( died 429 ), Hilary of Arles ( died 449 ), and Eucherius of Lyons ( died 449 ).

David Woods, Professor of Classics at the University College Cork, alleges that the model of Maurice and the Theban Legion based on Eucherius of Lyon's letter was a complete fiction.

The earliest surviving document describing " the holy Martyrs who have made Aguanum illustrious with their blood " is the letter of Eucherius, which describes the succession of witnesses from the martyrdom to his time, a span of about 150 years.

The memory of St. Eucherius still clings to three vast caves near the village of Beaumont, whither, it is said, the people of Lyon had to go in search of him when they sought him to make him their archbishop.

By the middle of the 5th Century, St. Eucherius of Lyon mentions the martyrdom of St. Ursus and St. Victor and a cult of saints in Solothurn.

The ivory diptych of Stilicho ( right ) with his wife Serena and son Eucherius, ca.

Gennadius, Hilary and Eucherius may be consulted in Migne, vols.

Numerous disciples soon gathered around him, including Lupus of Troyes, Eucherius of Lyon, and Hilary of Arles.

As with many hagiographies, Eucherius ' letter to Bishop Salvius reinforced an existing pilgrimage site.

Many of the faithful were coming from diverse provinces of the empire, according to Eucherius, devoutly to honor these saints, and ( important for the abbey of Aguanum ) to offer presents of gold, silver and other things.

Lo eventually convinced Jen to return to her family, though not before telling her a legend of a man who jumped off a cliff to make his wishes come true.

There is a local legend telling how on one occasion Charles II was out hunting in Epping Forest and was caught in a snowstorm.

This gave rise to the infamous legend of a dean at the school telling incoming students, " Look to your left, look to your right, because one of you won't be here by the end of the year.

This was also the year the team adopted the Maroons name ; according to legend, the team placed an order for new football jerseys with local sporting goods supplier Joe Zacko, telling him that the color was not important.

According to legend, Cleomenes was hunting when his father sent him a message telling him to return immediately to Sparta.

The thirteenth-century telling of the legend can be read in Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda Aurea The cultus of Mary Magdalene and this Saint Maximin in Provence was centered at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume.

According to Roman legend, Cincinnatus was tending his farm when a messenger arrived, telling him that Rome was under attack and that he had been elected dictator.

He was the son of Yngvi, and he had reclaimed the throne of Sweden for his dynasty from Haki ( the brother of Hagbard, the hero of the legend of Hagbard and Signy, and Snorri cites two kennings from this legend Sigar's steed and Hagard's fell noose, when telling of Jorund ).

An editor's preface notes that after each telling of the legend the pups ask many questions:

Inside a coffee shop lounge at Pendleton University, college student Parker Riley ( Michael Rosenbaum ) is telling an urban legend called the ' Stanley Hall Massacre ' about 25 years ago when a crazy professor killed a dozen students at a closed down dorm on campus.

The city council then proceeded in the 17th century to rewrite Haarlem history, and purchased various large pieces to decorate the city hall, telling stories such as the legend of Damiate, or the legend of the Haarlem Shield.

Henry's ear for telling detail is responsible for entertaining touches drawn from current legend and his own fertile imagination.

While Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas remains the main author of Haida Manga, the popularization of his works and efforts over the years have sparked interest in general Haida narrative and art form, leading to other works such as Raven Steals the Light, an animation telling the traditional Haida legend of the creation of the sun, the moon, and the stars, created by Thomas Oz and narrated by Kristin.

There is a legend telling about the erection of church and how it was built in three days.

As evidence, he points to the presence of Indic words specifically of military origin and to a Banjara oral legend telling of Rajputs who left India through the Himalayas during the Ghaznavid invasions and never returned.

Thus the legend ends in tragedy, telling us that even great men can have their frailties.

There is also a fascinating passage telling how Iseult wrote a short lai out of grief that sheds light on the development of an unrelated legend concerning the death of a prominent troubadour, as well as the composition of lais by noblewomen of the 12th century.

He was a living legend in his homeland, and held in the greatest respect by the Paynims, and would confer with their shamans and wise men, telling them tales of their past.

The ground station at Khabarovsk reports back, " There are no instructions from No. 20 ( Sergey Korolyov ), and the flight is proceeding normally " They are telling Gagarin that they don't have his orbital parameters yet because the spacecraft has been in orbit for only 6 minutes, but the spacecraft systems are performing well.

With reports that he was due to be arrested any day, Ponzi surrendered to federal authorities on August 12 and was charged with mail fraud for sending letters to his marks telling them their notes had matured.

Power reports that Vieira de Mello bonded with Bush by telling him that he had authorized military force to combat terrorism while working as UN Transitional Administrator in East Timor.

One of the most controversial points in the script, and often the only one referred to in media reports, was the depiction of Reagan telling his wife during a conversation about AIDS patients, " They that live in sin shall die in sin.

Ruan Ming reports Hu as telling four of Kang ’ s “ anti-revisionist scribblers ” that

* 2007: Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling and Rick Loomis of the Los Angeles Times, " for their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.

The then British Foreign Secretary later supported the German reports, telling a parliamentary committee " that there was a plan developed in Belgrade known as Operation Horseshoe which was for the cleansing of Kosovo of its Kosovo population.

Today the Ashton Canal is increasingly valued by the communities through which it passes, and although many boaters still advise others to cover the Ashton during early hours, and not in school holidays, reports of problems often turn out to be the repeated telling of old stories.

Some historical reports claim that Claiborne tried to incite the natives against the Maryland colonists by telling them that the settlers at St. Mary's were actually Spanish, and enemies of the English, although this claim has never been proven.

The Travels of Marco Polo reports that upon finding the caliph's great stores of treasure which could have been spent on the defense of his realm, Hulagu Khan locked him in his treasure room without food or water, telling him " eat of thy treasure as much as thou wilt, since thou art so fond of it.

Although there is a great deal of consistency in the accounts, given the passage of time and the tendency of the Spaniards to embroider their reports a bit, it is likely that there is at least some exaggeration in the telling.

After a school coach from Granite Hills High School told police that one of his students had been telling of having an actress in his home, Taylor-Compton was found in good health, and there were no reports of criminal activity in her time missing.