A historian cited by Brownworth as the source for Constantine's famous vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, probably writing one or two years after the actual event. Lactantius records that the vision consisted of a private dream telling Constantine to mark his soldiers with the chi-rho, the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek.
Also known as: Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
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A historian cited by Brownworth as the source for Constantine's famous vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, probably writing one or two years after the actual event. Lactantius records that the vision consisted of a private dream telling Constantine to mark his soldiers with the chi-rho, the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek.
“the historian Lactantius, probably writing one or two years after the actual event,”
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