noun
- a military standard or banner used by Roman emperors, especially the one adopted by Constantine bearing Christian symbols
Usage: historical
Examples
- Constantine’s labarum displayed the Chi-Rho symbol as a sign of his Christian faith.
- The Roman soldiers marched behind the imperial labarum into battle.
- The labarum became a powerful symbol of the Christianization of the Roman Empire.
- Ancient historians describe the elaborate decorations on the emperor’s labarum.
- The museum’s collection includes a replica of Constantine’s famous labarum.
- Byzantine emperors continued to use the labarum as their military standard.