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Battle of the Milvian Bridge
312 CE · Rome, Italy
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- Year
- 312 CE
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- Rome, Italy
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- 🏺 Ancient Greece & Rome
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Constantine defeated his rival Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge over the Tiber River, just outside Rome. According to legend, Constantine saw a cross of light in the sky with the words 'In this sign, conquer' before the battle and ordered his soldiers to mark their shields with the Christian chi-rho symbol. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber while fleeing. The victory led Constantine to issue the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.
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Constantine's vision of the cross before the Milvian Bridge, whether genuine or political invention, altered the course of Western civilization by linking Roman imperial power to Christianity.