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== 徽號 ==
[[File:Constantinople-Banner.svgpng|thumb|100px200px|right|君士坦丁堡旗幟]]
公元670年,拜占庭人在一次重要的胜利後,開始以[[新月]]作為他們的記號。以新月和星作記號卻可追溯至[[古巴比倫]]和[[古埃及]]<ref>Charles Morris (1889), ''Aryan Sun Myths: The Origin of Religions''. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1417954825&id=j9J16GzStmAC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=origin+of+crescent+star&sig=GSb1RnWAL4McIp4rz9l4DXDVvfM Page 67]</ref> <ref>Rupert Gleadow (2001), ''The Origin of the Zodiac'', [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0486419398&id=qGJcsrkPTToC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=origin+of+crescent+star&sig=MJGxi3WKkM1Cc_8X6i2pRv_0qXg Page 165]</ref>。雖然如此,拜占庭還是第一個以新月作國徽的[[首府]](governing state)。公元330年,君士坦丁一世在旗幟上加上[[聖母瑪利亞]]之星(Virgin Mary's star)。