File:Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg

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DescriptionVexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg	English: Vexillum of the Roman Empire. Latina: Vexillum Romanum.
Date	20 June 2008
Source	The vexillum of the Roman Empire was a red banner with the letters SPQR in Gold surrounded by a gold wreath hung on a military standard topped by a Roman eagle or an image of the goddess Victoria made of silver or bronze.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Author	Ssolbergj
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References

↑ Modern reconstructed vexillum of the Roman Empire with the goddess Victoria above a red banner with the letters SPQR in gold:^{[dead link]}
↑ Website for Imperial Roman re-enactors shows modern reconstructions of Roman Vexilla:^{[dead link]}
↑ Roman Standards shown from an illustration in “Signa Militaria", by James Yates (in the public domain) in the book A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (pp. 1044–1046):
↑ Roman Standard with an Aquila (the Roman Eagle) without the red vexillum with the letters SPQR in gold (Source=John J. Anderson A School History of England (New York: Effingham Maynard & Co., 1889):

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current	23:05, 22 July 2010	245 × 343 (373 KB)	Ssolbergj	cleanup
	00:43, 25 June 2009	245 × 343 (416 KB)	Ssolbergj	-
	01:51, 14 June 2009	394 × 552 (401 KB)	Ssolbergj	.
	01:51, 14 June 2009	394 × 552 (416 KB)	Ssolbergj	Reverted to version as of 01:28, 14 June 2009
	01:50, 14 June 2009	187 × 187 (1,020 KB)	Ssolbergj	.
	01:28, 14 June 2009	394 × 552 (416 KB)	Ssolbergj	.
	01:16, 14 June 2009	394 × 552 (318 KB)	Ssolbergj	new crown
	19:30, 13 June 2009	394 × 552 (385 KB)	Ssolbergj	font
	19:25, 13 June 2009	394 × 552 (377 KB)	Ssolbergj	borders
	11:18, 7 May 2009	394 × 552 (519 KB)	F l a n k e r	optimization + correction of the fonts + new laurus crown (too much UN style)