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A modern re-enactor holding a vexillum with a scorpion, the sign of the Praetorians.
Photo: Associazione Culturale Cisalpina - Cohors III Praetoria.
Photo: Associazione Culturale Cisalpina - Cohors III Praetoria.
The 'vexillum' (plural - vexilla) was a flag-like object used in the Classical Era of the Roman Empire. The ''vexillum'' resembles the modern flag; however, the cloth is draped vertically from a horizontal edge, unlike the horizontally-flown flags most used today.
Nearly all of the present-day regions of Italy preserve the use of the vexillum; these are among the few instances of such usage in modern times.
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See also
★ Vexillology, or the study of flags, which derives its name from this word.
★ Vexilla Regis, early Christian hymn whose first line uses this word.
★ Vexilla (genus), a genus of snail.
External links
★ The Cisalpina Historical Reenactment Group Web Site.
★ The Roman Hideout
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