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World History

Lionel Mandrake

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1. Nobody knows what symbol the Romans put on their shields

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:20 PM

Dec 2012

at the Milvian Bridge. Maybe it was chi-rho; maybe it was a symbol of Sol Invictus consisting of three crossed lines.

Constantine did use the chi-rho in later years.

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