A standard-bearer of Constantine I. carrying the cross is shot at with arrows during a battle, all of which miss, are stopped by the cross or bounce off him.

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Victim (Person) :	Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Third Party (Person) :	Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Salminius Hermias Sozomenus, Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 1.4.4Salminius Hermias Sozomenus Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 1.4.4 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 4
Context :	battle religious
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Application :	shooting
Weapon :	bow
Original Text :	Παραδόξως γάρ πως ὡς ὑπὸ θείας δυνάμεως ἰθυνόμενα τὰ βέλη τῶν πολεμίων τῷ σημείῳ προσεπήγνυντο: τοῦ δὲ φέροντος, καὶ μέσου τῶν κινδύνων ὄντος, ἀφίπταντο.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Sozomeni Ecclesiastica Historia Volumes 1-2, ed. Robert Hussey, E Typographeo Academico, Oxford 1860.
Remark :	context: Another soldier, who had fled in fear and given the cross away, died after escaping the fight, seemingly due to divine intervention. (1.4.3)
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Last changed :	2021-11-01 : 09:01:56
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