- A
number of
peace symbols have been used many ways in
various cultures and contexts. The dove and
olive branch was used
symbolically by
early Christians...
-
typically domestic pigeons white in plumage, are used in many
settings as
symbols of peace, freedom, or love.
Doves appear in the
symbolism of Judaism, Christianity...
-
Southern 2001, p. 281;
Grant 1998, p. 142,
citing Bruun,
Studies in
Constantinian Numismatics. von
Reden 2007, p. 69: "The chi-rho
series of Euergetes'...
- The
Eastern Roman Empire under the
Constantinian and
Valentinian dynasties was the
earliest period of the
Byzantine history that saw a
shift in government...
-
religion that
could fit with the
imperial cult. Regardless,
under the
Constantinian dynasty Christianity expanded throughout the empire,
launching the era...
- art from the pre-
Constantinian period, with
hundreds of
examples decorating tombs or
family tomb-chambers. Many are
simple symbols, but
there are numerous...
-
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to Old
Saint Peter's Basilica. The
Constantinian Basilica Article by Jose
Ruysschaert The Tomb of St Peter, book by Margherita...
- wall was
probably part of the
propylaeum at the west
front of both the
Constantinian and
Theodosian Great Churches. The
building was
accompanied by a baptistery...
- as a
Christian sign
before Constantine. Its
first appearance is on a
Constantinian silver coin from c. 317,
which proves that
Constantine did use the sign...
- virtue,
while secular rulers invoked him as a
symbol of
imperial legitimacy. The
rediscovery of anti-
Constantinian sources in the
early Renaissance engendered...
