The Old Roman Symbol (Latin: vetus symbolum romanum), or Old Roman Creed, is an earlier and shorter version of the Apostles’ Creed. It was based on the...

likely originated in 5th-century Gaul as a development of the Old Roman Symbol: the old Latin creed of the 4th century. It has been used in the Latin liturgical...

corporate logos as well as in older designs such as the Métis flag. Both the infinity symbol itself and several variations of the symbol are available in various...

heart as a symbol of romantic love dates to the 1250s. It occurs in a miniature decorating a capital 'S' in a manuscript of the French Roman de la poire...

goddess of Justice within Roman mythology. Justitia was introduced by emperor Augustus, and was thus not a very old deity in the Roman pantheon. Justice was...

occurs trivially in tally marks, and develops into a number symbol independently in the Roman numerals (X "ten"), the Chinese rod numerals (十 "ten") and...

known in ancient Roman times. Some symbols come from other sources, like W for tungsten (Wolfram in German) which was not known in Roman times. A three-letter...

planets. The original symbols date to Greco-Roman astronomy; their modern forms developed in the 16th century, and additional symbols would be created later...

currency symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of currency symbols. A currency symbol or currency...

Didache (50–100) The Creed of Aristides of Athens (130) The Old Roman Symbol or Old Roman Creed (c. 215) The Creed of Cyprian of Carthage (250) The Deir...

proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained...

A number of peace symbols have been used many ways in various cultures and contexts. The dove and olive branch was used symbolically by early Christians...

or other symbols. The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the...

comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svastika, meaning 'conducive to well-being'. In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika...

vertical strokes. It is believed that the symbol traces its origins to the symbol ℔, an abbreviation of the Roman term libra pondo, which translates as "pound...

The Roman Empire was the era of Roman civilisation lasting from 27 BC to 476 AD. Rome ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North...

way but one.... Above the crown he [had] added a liberty cap, the old Roman symbol of an emancipated slave. It seemed a direct affront to a militant slaveholder...

Gospels, combining it with the symbol of the olive branch, which had been used to represent peace by the Greeks and Romans. The dove and olive branch also...

other symbols. A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is...

square and the serpent. In the Roman period, the globe, a representation of the spherical Earth, became the main symbol representing the concept. The globe...

romanum is the name for the official state religion of Ancient Rome The Old Roman Symbol (Romanum) is an ancient Christian creed Decet Romanum Pontificem (1521)...

objects are more often referred to as being phallic (as in "phallic symbol"). Such symbols often represent fertility and cultural implications that are associated...

been a representation of two snakes copulating. As a symbol, it represents Hermes (or the Roman Mercury), and by extension trades, occupations, or undertakings...

which derives from Greek Mu ₥ : Mill (currency) ™ : Trademark symbol ℠ : Service mark symbol Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows...

commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics) Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might...

fasces is an Italian symbol that had its origin in the Etruscan civilization and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a Roman king's power to...

case in the Roman Empire, and again in modern multiculturalism. In some African Indigenous religions, there are graphical and pictorial symbols representing...

alphabets during romanization 𐌁 : Old Italic B, which derives from Greek Beta ᛒ : Runic letter Berkanan, which probably derives from Old Italic B 𐌱 : Gothic...

particularly as a symbol of Jacobinism (in which context it has been also called a Jacobin cap). The original cap of liberty was the Roman pileus, the felt...

for adherence to orthodoxy, rule of faith originally referred to the Old Roman Symbol, which was an earlier and shorter version of the Apostles' Creed and...