Byzantine army and navy regularly used flags made of cloth in assorted sizes, shapes, and colors. The standards of the Roman legions were composed of several symbols on a pole. Vexillum was a more or less square piece of cloth, generally purple or red with some gold trim, carried crosswise on the pole like a small processional banner.
Byzantine army and navy regularly used flags made of cloth in assorted sizes, shapes, and colors. The standards of the Roman legions were composed of several symbols on a pole. Vexillum was a more or less square piece of cloth, generally purple or red with some gold trim, carried crosswise on the pole like a small processional banner.
Byzantine army and navy regularly used flags made of cloth in assorted sizes, shapes, and colors. The standards of the Roman legions were composed of several symbols on a pole. Vexillum was a more or less square piece of cloth, generally purple or red with some gold trim, carried crosswise on the pole like a small processional banner.