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  • The opposing forces met near the bridge over the Tiber called the Milvian Bridge, and here

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • The multi-lingual audio also offers a conversational description of the battle of the Milvian Bridge spanning the Tiber, won in 312 by Constantine, who saw a flaming cross in the sky.

    Vatican lends iPods to pilgrims 2011

  • The multi-lingual audio also offers a conversational description of the battle of the Milvian Bridge spanning the Tiber, won in 312 by Constantine, who saw a flaming cross in the sky.

    Vatican lends iPods to pilgrims 2011

  • His victory at Milvian Bridge, outside Rome, proved to be the single most important event to date in the spread of Christianity.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • His victory at Milvian Bridge, outside Rome, proved to be the single most important event to date in the spread of Christianity.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • On October 28 in 312 AD, Emperors Maxentius and Constantine and their armies met on the banks of the Tiber River near the Milvian Bridge to fight for total control of the empire.

    CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009 2009

  • On the night of this date in AD 312, the eve of the pivotal Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine is said to have seen a vision of a cross with the Greek letters Chi and Rho, the first two letters of Christos, on it and to have seen or heard "In this sign you shall conquer."

    Robert S. McElvaine: Merry Xmas! -- O Unholy Night when Christ was Reborn 2008

  • On October 28, 312 A.D., nearly three hundred years before Mohammed was born, the Roman Emperor Constantine took command of Rome by defeating the army of Maxentius near the Milvian Bridge on the Via Flaminia northeast of Rome.

    James Heffernan: When Will the Pope Apologize for the Long History of Christian Violence? 2008

  • The painting is Raphael'sThe Battle of the Milvian Bridge--or at least designedby him; Giulio Romano gets credit for the actual painting.

    A Christmas crank doyle 2008

  • At the beginning of the fourth century, they found themselves on the losing side of the war between Constantine and Maxentius, and were subsequently disbanded by the victorious Constantine after the battle of the Milvian Bridge in A.D.

    Martyrs or Imperial Guard? 2008

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