"ἐν τούτῳ νίκα, [transliterated: en toutoi nika]"

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"In this sign thou shalt conquer" or "In this sign you will conquer", often rendered in its Latinized form: In hoc signo vinces; this motto is said to have been adopted by Constantine after his vision of a Chi Rho sign in the heavens just before his decisive battle with Maxentius, A.D. 312 — As recorded in the Life of Emperor Constantine [De vita Imperatoris Constantini] by Eusebius