Apedes Christian Western SPQR Roman Empire Flag Banner European Democracy History of Ancient Rome - Antifading Color Durable Material - Suitable for Roman Home Decor,Christmas Day and Basement - 3x5 Feet

In 312 Constantine put the Chi Rho on his standard and a Roman army carried a Christian monogram for the first time. That standard was called the labarum. This banner takes its cue from it: the eagle and laurel of the legions at the center, the Chi Rho repeated in the corners, gold crosses above and below. Reading the monogram. Chi and Rho are the first two Greek letters of Christos. Laid over one another they make the mark picked out in red at each corner, the same one that turns up on late Roman coinage, sarcophagi and church mosaics. How it hangs. Portrait, 36 inches wide by 60 inches tall. Two brass grommets sit in a reinforced white header along the top edge for a cord, a thin rod, or a pair of wall hooks. It hangs flat against a wall. The fringe. Gold fringe runs along the bottom on a white band, the finish a processional standard carried. Without it this would be a printed rectangle. With it, it reads as what it is meant to be. About the print. One sided. The design shows through in reverse on the back, which is worth knowing if both faces will be visible. Where it goes. Studies and libraries, parish and fellowship halls, classrooms teaching late antiquity, and dorm rooms. Indoors: the fringe and the cord are not made for weather. Care. Hand wash, hang dry.