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Life of Constantine
Eusebius of Caesarea, NPNF II.1
Book 4, He Orders the Sign of the Saviour’s Cross to Be Engraven on His Soldiers’ Shields
And not only so, but he also caused the sign of the salutary trophy to be impressed on the very shields of his soldiers; and commanded that his embattled forces should be preceded in their march, not by golden images, as heretofore,1 but only by the standard of the cross.
Notes
- Compare for these, Yates, article Sigma Militaria in Smith, Dict. Gr. and Rom. Ant., where there is given cut of the arch of Constantine showing such standards.