WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Vita, the next morning Constantine consulted those familiar with the Christian God to inquire about his dream. They confirmed that it was Christ who had appeared to him. Upon hearing this, Constantine converted to Christianity and vowed to oust Maxentius from his throne.

Detailed explanation-2: -Constantine was a pagan monotheist, a devotee of the sun god Sol Invictus, the unconquered sun. However before the Milvian Bridge battle he and his army saw a cross of light in the sky above the sun with words in Greek that are generally translated into Latin as In hoc signo vinces (’In this sign conquer’).

Detailed explanation-3: -A far-reaching vision: 27 October marks the date of ancient Roman Emperor Constantine’s purported “Vision of the Cross, ‘’ inextricably linked through history to his victory over his rival Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (28 October 312).

Detailed explanation-4: -On October 28 in 312 A.D. Constantine defeated the superior forces of his rival Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge. Maxentius’s forces attempted to retreat across the Tiber by way of the Milvian Bridge, but the bridge quickly became overcrowded.