Section was of great length, of the pious emperor and his children on its upper This banner was of a square form, and the upright staff, whose lower Interlaced with gold, presented an indescribable degree of beauty to theīeholder. Of the spear was suspended a cloth, a royal piece, covered with a profuseĮmbroidery of most brilliant precious stones and which, being also richly Was in the habit of wearing on his helmet at a later period. Letter P being intersected by X in its centre: and these letters the emperor
Letters indicating the name of Christ by means of its initial characters, the On the top of the whole was fixed a wreath of goldĪnd precious stones and within this, the symbol of the Saviour’s name, two He was to put this symbol upon the shields of all hisĮusebius writes: “Now it was made in the following manner.Ī long spear, overlaid with gold, formed the figure of the cross by means of a Eusebius records that Constantine’s entire army saw this vision.Īppeared to Constantine in a dream and told him to make a replica of the sign Words “ἐν τούτῳ νίκα” – “In this sign, conquer” written in the In the vision, Constantine saw a symbol in the heavens and the Greek Popular account of Constantine receiving a vision from the Lord while he was The battle would determine whether Constantine or Maxentius would be the Emperor.Ĭontemporary historians of that time, Eusebius of Caesarea and Lactantius, theīattle marked the beginning of Constantine’s conversion to Christianity.Ĭonstantine’s parents had been Christians, but Constantine himself was a pagan.īefore the battle, he decided that he should do what all rulers do before aĬonstantine decided to pray to his father’s Christian God, which was the true God.Īnd Lactantius are not entirely consistent but have been merged into the It is called The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, which was an important route over the Tiber, the third-longest river in Italy. Constantine was going into battle the next day against Maxentius.
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