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Byzantine flags and insignia. For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary right. [1] Various large aristocratic families employed certain symbols to identify themselves; [1] the use of the cross, and of icons of Christ, the ...
Summary. Description Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg. English: The Byzantine imperial ensign (βασιλικόν φλάμουλον), as depicted in the 14th-century Castilian Book of All Kingdoms, and described in the Treatise on Offices by the mid 14th-century Byzantine writer Pseudo-Kodinos as being hoisted on imperial naval vessels.
The Byzantine Empire was a multi-ethnic monarchic theocracy adopting, following, and applying the Orthodox-Hellenistic political systems and philosophies. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The monarch was the incarnation of the law— nomos empsychos —and his power was immeasurable and divine in origin insofar as he channeled God's divine grace, maintaining what ...
The star and crescent symbol used in the minted coins of the Sassanian Empire from the 3rd century until the 7th century. This coin was coined under Ardashir III. The Adoration of the Magi by Stephan Lochner; on the left, the crescent and star is depicted in the flag of representatives of Byzantium. The conjoined representation of a crescent ...
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Flag of the vice president of the Philippines. The former vice presidential seal against a white field. Legislative branch. 1987. Flag of the president of the Senate. The seal of the Senate against a red field. 1987. Flag of the speaker of the House. The seal of the House of Representatives against a yellow field.
The themes or thémata ( Greek: θέματα, thémata, singular: θέμα, théma) were the main military and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire. They were established in the mid-7th century in the aftermath of the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe and Muslim conquests of parts of Byzantine territory, and replaced ...