Constantine and his Franks marched under the standard of the labarum, and both sides saw the battle in religious terms. |
Never was any bearer of this holy labarum injured during fights. |
The safety of the labarum was entrusted to fifty guards of approved valour and fidelity. |
The age that could accept such a prodigy, of course found no difficulty in the vision of Constantine and the story of the labarum. |
The fetichism connected with the cross probably took its rise from the labarum. |
He received it, notwithstanding the labarum, and received further the title of Pontifex Maximus, which he retained all his life. |