The original form was some fixed object such as we have seen on the Egyptian and Roman examples, and the vexillum and labarum were transitional forms.
The Labarum was the official standard of the Emperor of Rome, and upon it were displayed the "insignia" of the emperor of the day.
Spes Publica, a labarum or military standard the handle or base of which transfixes a serpent.
Several coins with the legend Gloria Exercitus have upon the same side two soldiers with a labarum or military standard between them, upon the banner of which is the symbol {image "monogram4.
Constantine as holding a labarum or military standard terminating in a round object.
And on this particular Labarum of Constantine, as on the majority of the Labara represented upon his coins, the {image "monogram3.
After Constantine, the labarumbore the monogram of Christ (fig.
A, Labarum from medallion of Constantine; B, Medieval Pennon; C.
It is supposed that the small scarf, which in medieval days was often attached to the pastoral staff or crook of a bishop, was derived from the labarum of the first Christian emperor, Constantine the Great.
Constantine the superior fame of his Labarum above the angel of Licinius.
Along the highest part of the pedestal, on the southern side," says the traveller Wheler, "one sees the Labarumin a wreath held by two Victories.
Here Christianity with the Labarum in its hand triumphs, and in the Greek and Latin speech inscribed upon these stones we still listen to the voices that mingled in the Graeco-Roman world.
Emperor is depicted holding the labarum in his hand, or, as on those of Jovianus, he carries a globe surmounted by a cross; while later emperors stamped their coinage with the cross itself, often surrounded by a laurel crown.
The Imperial Standard or Labarum carried before Constantine and his successors resembled the cavalry Vexillum.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "labarum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
