The empire pursued power — not merely spiritual but physical — in the sense in which Constantine issued his army order the year before, at the battle of the Milvian Bridge: In hoc signo vinces!
帝国追求权力——不仅是精神上的, 而且是物质上的——就像君士坦丁一年前在米尔维安桥战役中发布的军队命令:In hoc signo vinces!