Vexillum, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 30 relations: Aquila (Roman), Banner, Chi Rho, Common Era, Constantine the Great, Costellariidae, Flag, Genus, Gonfalon, Icon, Labarum, Legion of Mary, Military colours, standards and guidons, Palladium (classical antiquity), Papilionaceous flower, Ptychobela vexillium, Pushkin Museum, Relic, Roman army, Roman Republic, Snail, SPQR, Vexilla regis prodeunt, Vexillarius, Vexillatio, Vexilloid, Vexillology, Vexillum (gastropod), Victoria (mythology), War flag.

2. Ancient Roman military standards
3. History of flags

Aquila (Roman)

An aquila was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. Vexillum and aquila (Roman) are ancient Roman military standards.

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A banner can be a flag or another piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or another message.

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Chi Rho

The Chi Rho (☧, English pronunciation; also known as chrismon) is one of the earliest forms of the Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters—chi and rho (ΧΡ)—of the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ (rom: Christos) in such a way that the vertical stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi.

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Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.

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Constantine the Great

Constantine I (27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.

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Costellariidae

Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.

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Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gonfalon

The gonfalon, gonfanon, gonfalone (from the early Italian confalone) is a type of heraldic flag or banner, often pointed, swallow-tailed, or with several streamers, and suspended from a crossbar in an identical manner to the ancient Roman vexillum.

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Icon

An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches.

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Labarum

The labarum (λάβαρον or λάβουρον) was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the "Chi-Rho" symbol ☧, a christogram formed from the first two Greek letters of the word "Christ" (ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, or Χριστός) – Chi (χ) and Rho (ρ). Vexillum and labarum are history of flags.

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Legion of Mary

The Legion of Mary (Legio Mariae, postnominal abbreviation L.O.M.) is an international association of members of the Catholic Church who serve it on a voluntary basis.

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Military colours, standards and guidons

In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago.

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Palladium (classical antiquity)

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Palladium or Palladion (Greek Παλλάδιον (Palladion), Latin Palladium) was a cult image of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend, the wooden statue (xoanon) of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the citadel of Troy and which was later taken to the future site of Rome by Aeneas.

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Papilionaceous flower

Papilionaceous flowers (from Latin: papilion, a butterfly) are flowers with the characteristic irregular and butterfly-like corolla found in many, though not all, plants of the species-rich Faboideae subfamily of legumes.

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Ptychobela vexillium

Ptychobela vexillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

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Pushkin Museum

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Музей изобразительныхискусств имени А., abbreviated as) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow.

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Relic

In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past.

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Roman army

The Roman army (Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) to the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD), and its medieval continuation, the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Snail

A snail is a shelled gastropod.

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SPQR

SPQR, an initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus, is an emblematic phrase referring to the government of the Roman Republic.

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Vexilla regis prodeunt

Vexilla regis prodeunt (often known in English translation as The Royal Banner Forward Goes) is a Latin hymn in long metre by the Christian poet and saint Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers.

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Vexillarius

reenactor, equipped as a ''vexillifer'', with a ''vexillum'' standard Vexillarius is a term referring to one of several distinct types of Roman soldier. Vexillum and Vexillarius are history of flags.

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Vexillatio

A vexillatio (vexillationes) was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman army of the Principate.

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Vexilloid

A vexilloid is any flag-like (vexillary) object used by countries, organisations, or individuals as a form of representation other than flags.

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Vexillology

Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.

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Vexillum (gastropod)

Vexillum is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Costellariidae.

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Victoria (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion Victoria was the deified personification of victory.

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War flag

A war ensign, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land.

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See also

Ancient Roman military standards

• Aquila (Roman)
• Draco (military standard)
• Roman military standards
• Vexillum

History of flags

• Flags and emblems of Majapahit
• History of Christian flags
• History of flags
• History of the flags of Mexico
• History of the flags of Romania
• Labarum
• List of flags of the United States
• List of flags with Christian symbolism
• List of flags with Islamic symbolism
• List of national flag proposals
• Timeline of U.S. state flags
• Timeline of national flags
• Timeline of the flag of Australia
• Timeline of the flag of the United States
• Vexillarius
• Vexillum

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillum

Also known as Roman vexillum, Vexilla, Vexillaries.