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of Caesaria, a historian, states that Constantine was marching with his army (Eusebius does not specify the actual location of the event, but it is clearly not in the camp at Rome), when he looked up to the sun and saw a cross of light above it, and with it the Greek words
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At first, Constantine did not know the meaning of the apparition, but on the following night, he had a dream in which Christ explained to him that he should use the sign of the cross against his enemies. Eusebius then continues to describe the
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phrase conventionally translated into English as "In this sign thou shalt conquer", often also being translated as "By and/or in this sign, conquer".
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Detail from a 9th-century Byzantine manuscript. Constantine defeats Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge; the vision of Constantine is a Greek cross with
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character, but has been treated as a work of history by Christian writers. Here Lactantius preserves the story of Constantine's vision of the
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The phrase appears prominently placed as a motto on a ribbon unfurled with a passion cross to its left, beneath a window over the
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before his conversion to Christianity. The full text is found in only one manuscript, which bears the title,
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It is the official motto of the World Famous Bomber Barons 23D Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, ND.
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In hoc signo vinces was the motto of the Sherbrooke Regiment, which is perpetuated by the
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It is the motto of the Regimiento de Caballería «Montesa» n.º 3 of the Spanish Army.
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Chadwick, Owen. 1981. The Popes and European Revolution. Oxford University Press.
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The phrase is the motto on some Byzantine coins (e.g. the
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Inscribed in Greek on the flag (obverse side) of the
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Index

In Hoc Signo Vinces

Classical Latin
[inho̞ːks̠íŋno̞ːwíŋke̞ːs̠]
Ecclesiastical Latin
[inokˈsiɲoˈvint͡ʃes]
Latin
Greek
Ancient Greek
[entúːtɔːi̯níːkaː]
Modern Greek
[enˈdutoˈnika]
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
Constantine I
apologetic
Chi Rho
Eusebius
ἐν
τούτῳ
νίκα
vinces
will
Labarum
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Scala Regia
Vatican

Church of Saint Anthony of the Portuguese
Rome
Battle of Ourique

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