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In reply to the discussion: The wild card in Venezuela: armed Chavistas [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)If you recall, he is credited with converting much of the Roman Empire to Christianity (his form of it) through his military might.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great
In hoc signo vinces (Latin pronunciation: [ɪn hoːk ˈsɪŋnoː ˈwɪnkeːs]) is a Latin rendering of the Greek phrase "ἐ? ??ύ?ῳ ?ί??" en touto nika, (Ancient Greek: [en tǒːtɔːi̯ níkaː]) and means "in this sign you will conquer".
According to legend, Constantine I adopted this Greek phrase, "?? ??ύ?ῳ ?ί??" (in this, win) as a motto after his vision of a chi rho in the sky just before the Battle of Milvian Bridge against Maxentius on 28 October 312. The early Christian symbol consists of a monogram composed of the Greek letters chi (X) and rho (P), the first two letters in the name Christ (Greek: ?????ό? . In later periods, the christogram "IHS" both stood for the first three letters of "Jesus" in Latinized Greek (????ύ?, Latinized IHSOVS) and "in hoc signo" from the legend.[citation needed]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_hoc_signo_vinces
The Labarum is Constantine's cross.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labarum