LABARUM  , the sacred military See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• ROMAN

Roman emperors, first adopted by See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine the See also:

• GREAT

Great after his miraculous See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision in 312, although, according to See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, he did not exhibit it to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army till 323 . The name seems to have been known before, and the banner was simply a Christianized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Roman See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry standard . See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius (See also:

• LIFE

Life of Const. i . 31) describes the first labarum as consisting of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long gilded See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear, crossed at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top by a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar from which hung a square See also:

• PURPLE

purple See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, richly jewelled . At the upper extremity of the spear was a See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• WREATH (O. Eng. wry, from wriian, to twist)

wreath encircling the sacred See also:

• MONOGRAM (from Late Lat. monogramma, in Late Gr. µovoypaµµov, from µovos, single, ypaµµa, letter)

monogram, formed of the first two letters of the name of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ . In later See also:

• BANNERS, FEAST OF (Jap. Nobori-no-Sekku)

banners the monogram was sometimes embroidered on the cloth . A See also:

• SPECIAL

special guard of fifty soldiers was appointed to protect the sacred standard . The derivation of the word labarum is disputed; it appears to be connected with the Basque labarva, signifying standard . See See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

FLAG .