Labarum

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Christian symbol military standard religious banner

The Labarum is an early Christian military standard bearing the Chi-Rho symbol, famously associated with the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Byzantine labarum 1
Labarum standard 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian symbol ⓘ
military standard ⓘ
religious banner ⓘ
associatedWith Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great
category Christian symbols ⓘ
Imperial insignia ⓘ
Roman military standards ⓘ
color golden Chi-Rho ⓘ
often purple field ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalContext Late Antiquity ⓘ
depicts Alpha and Omega ⓘ
Chi-Rho monogram ⓘ
etymology possibly from Latin "labarum" of uncertain origin ⓘ
hasPart banner with Chi-Rho monogram ⓘ
cross-shaped pole ⓘ
vexillum ⓘ
hasVariant Labarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine labarum
iconographicTheme Christ the Victor ⓘ
surface form: Christ as military victor
influenced Byzantine imperial banners ⓘ
later Christian military standards ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
material cloth ⓘ
metal ⓘ
mentionedIn Eusebius of Caesarea’s writings ⓘ
Lactantius’ writings ⓘ
notableFor first official Christian standard of a Roman emperor ⓘ
relatedTo Chi-Rho monogram ⓘ
surface form: Chi-Rho

Christian cross ⓘ
Roman standards ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
represents Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Christ

Christian empire ⓘ
significance imperial Christian emblem ⓘ
symbol of Christ’s victory ⓘ
symbol Chi-Rho monogram ⓘ
surface form: Chi-Rho
timePeriod 4th century ⓘ
usedBy Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great

Roman army ⓘ
usedFor imperial legitimacy ⓘ
military identification ⓘ
religious propaganda ⓘ
usedIn Battle of the Milvian Bridge ⓘ
Constantinian dynasty ⓘ
usesSymbol Chi-Rho monogram ⓘ
surface form: Chi-Rho
writingSystem Greek letters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chi-Rho monogram → appearsOn → Labarum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labarum standard
chi-rho → hasName → Labarum ⓘ
subject surface form: Chi-Rho
Labarum → hasVariant → Labarum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine labarum