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The Chi-Rho symbol was used by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306–337 AD) as part of a military standard . Constantine's standard was known as the Labarum . Early symbols similar to the Chi Rho were the Staurogram ( ) and the IX monogram ( ).
Constantine's labarum, with a wreathed Chi Rho from an antique silver medal "A Description of the Standard of the Cross, which the Romans now call the Labarum." "Now it was made in the following manner.
Eusebius then continues to describe the labarum, the military standard used by Constantine in his later wars against Licinius, showing the Chi-Rho sign. [9] The accounts of the two contemporary authors, though not entirely consistent, have been merged into a popular notion of Constantine seeing the Chi-Rho sign on the evening before the battle.
Chrismon Chi-Rho symbol with Alpha and Omega on a 4th-century sarcophagus (Vatican Museums) A Christogram (Latin: Monogramma Christi) [a] is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a religious symbol within the Christian Church. One of the oldest Christograms is the Chi ...
[64] [65] Constantine the Great (r. 306–337) inserted the Chi-Rho emblem in Roman military standards, resulting in the so-called labarum. In iconographical evidence, this commonly takes the form of the Chi-Rho embroidered on the field of a vexillum, but literary evidence
Eusebius then continues to describe the Labarum, [5] the military standard used by Constantine in his later wars against Licinius, showing the Chi-Rho sign. The accounts by Lactantius and Eusebius, though not entirely consistent, have been connected to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 AD), merging into a popular notion of Constantine ...
Silver medallion of 315; Constantine with a chi-rho symbol as the crest of his helmet. The Helmet of Constantine was a form of helmet worn by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, now lost, which featured in his imperial iconography. [1]
Silver medallion of 315; Constantine with a chi-rho symbol as the crest of his helmet. Maxentius' forces were still twice the size of Constantine's, and he organised them in long lines facing the battle plain with their backs to the river. [176] Constantine's army arrived on the field bearing unfamiliar symbols on their standards and their ...