12-31-2013, 09:31 AM
Constantinian infantryman of 312 AD
Based on the arch of Constantine and other contemporary art and featuring what seems to be some kinds of horns attached on helmets although this paricular thing is very hardly readable from the arch.Here an interpretation that it could have been feathers is shown.Also"Christian" symbol on the shield is not yet really a Christian one.It is quite reasonable to assume that at the time Milvian bridge battle take place Constantine saw his vision(whatewer it was and if he and his army watched any strange spectacle at all)rather with connection with his original believe in Sol Invictus-as a sun symbol and only later reinterpreted it on Christian Chi-ro symbol during his personal religious journey and transformation.
Based on the arch of Constantine and other contemporary art and featuring what seems to be some kinds of horns attached on helmets although this paricular thing is very hardly readable from the arch.Here an interpretation that it could have been feathers is shown.Also"Christian" symbol on the shield is not yet really a Christian one.It is quite reasonable to assume that at the time Milvian bridge battle take place Constantine saw his vision(whatewer it was and if he and his army watched any strange spectacle at all)rather with connection with his original believe in Sol Invictus-as a sun symbol and only later reinterpreted it on Christian Chi-ro symbol during his personal religious journey and transformation.