1.0Faenza On Demandhttps://www.faenzaondemand.it/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2g9jZwsqxk"><a href="https://www.faenzaondemand.it/en/video/the-ancient-art-of-the-flag/">The ancient art of the flag</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.faenzaondemand.it/en/video/the-ancient-art-of-the-flag/embed/#?secret=2g9jZwsqxk" width="600" height="338" title="“The ancient art of the flag” — Faenza On Demand" data-secret="2g9jZwsqxk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.faenzaondemand.it/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.faenzaondemand.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/foto-torneo-bandiere-6.jpg16231080The flag has a very ancient history. We have traces of it as an object used as a military sign by Assyrians and Babylonians and also by Alexander the Great, whose army had a purple cloth as its insignia (4th century BC). With the advent of Roman civilization, identifying banners of the various departments appeared alongside insignia (depictions of animals or sacred objects). These banners consisted of a square of red cloth attached at the top of a pole by means of a crossbar below the tip, which today we would call banners or gonfalons. Strips of cloth or colored drapes, hoisted on poles and called "bands," in imitation of Roman banners, also appear in time with the barbarian armies, particularly the Lombards, whence the use of the flag also became customary in civil society as a means of information and identification of authorities and noble families.