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According to chroniclers such as Eusebius of Caesarea and Lactantius, the battle marked the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.

Lactantius recounts that Constantine and his soldiers had a vision of the Christian God promising victory if they daubed the sign of the cross on their shields.

The Arch of Constantine, erected in celebration of the victory, certainly attributes Constantine's success to divine intervention ; however, the monument does not display any overtly Christian symbolism.