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The traditional story of Constantine's conversion is presented as
Constantine seeing an Omen in the sky whilst marching along with his troops — in front of the sun, the shape
of an ambigram cross with two Greek letters, chi (Χ) and rho (Ρ) (the first two letters of
the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, Christos, or Christ)
along with a Greek inscription reading "Εν
τούτω Νίκα", En Touto Nika
(meaning "with(in) this win"), which is often translated into the
more familiar Latin: In hoc signo vinces
(meaning "in this sign thou shalt conquer") before his victory in the
Battle of Milvian
Bridge on October 28, 312.
Either
upon seeing this vision or upon being instructed to use the emblem he had just
seen as a standard in a dream afterwards [citation
needed],
Constantine is said to have instituted a new standard
to be carried into battle, the labarum. Another major religion of
the time, Sol Invictus, also used a similar symbol. [citation
needed]
There
are at least three different surviving ancient versions of this battle in
greater detail, not all of them are by prominent Christian apologists:
· Panegyric of Constantine, sees the vision
as from Apollo as Constantine's patron (Panegyrici Latini VI (7), 21 from 310);
· Lactantius, Of the manner in which the
persecutors died, 44;
· Eusebius of Caesarea, The
life of Constantine, 24-31;
· Zosimus, New History, 2 (43,44)
(this version seems to have numerous owls
as an omen of victory, and is
by a hostile pagan).
It
should be noted that historical sources of the 4th century Roman Empire
seem to be unusually rich in omens,
magic, hexes
and spells,
while lacking in critical inquiry.[3] A
suspicion of literacy and higher learning which began at least a century before
had grown. These may have been the results of the fear and high mortality rates
caused by the first and second outbreak of the Antonine Plague (165 - 180 and 251 - 266
respectively).
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