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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4142008, member: 87200"]Regarding the vision as related later by the chroniclers Eusebius and Lactantius...I have read different things over the years from varied scholarship</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It was a vision of Sol as in Soli Invicto</p><p>2. It was a vision of Mithras (the most popular deity amongst the soldiery)</p><p>3. It was a vision of the "cross" or "chi-rho" in the heavens</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure what to believe at this point. And since we don't know what symbol was painted on the soldiers' shields on that fateful day at the Milvian Bridge, perhaps we will never know...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4142008, member: 87200"]Regarding the vision as related later by the chroniclers Eusebius and Lactantius...I have read different things over the years from varied scholarship 1. It was a vision of Sol as in Soli Invicto 2. It was a vision of Mithras (the most popular deity amongst the soldiery) 3. It was a vision of the "cross" or "chi-rho" in the heavens Not sure what to believe at this point. And since we don't know what symbol was painted on the soldiers' shields on that fateful day at the Milvian Bridge, perhaps we will never know...:)[/QUOTE]
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