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===Ancient=== * The [[Achaemenid Empire]] used a stylised [[falcon]] on its vexilloid. * The vexilloid of [[Alexander the Great]]'s [[Macedonian Empire]] displayed the [[Vergina Sun]]. * The [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]] has an [[Elephant]] as their symbol. * The [[Indo-Greek Kingdom]] has The [[Triratna|Buddhist Triratna]] as their symbol. * The [[Indo-Scythians]] has a [[Lion]] or a [[Leopard]] standing right as their symbol. * The vexilloid of The [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]] is likely pretty similar to The Parthian Sun and it is related with The Derafsh Kaviani. * The vexilloid of The [[Kushan Empire]] is suspended on the point of a [[Spear]] or [[Trident]] * The symbol of the [[Mauryan Empire]] was the [[Ashoka Chakra]]. * The [[Gupta Empire]] has The [[Garuda]] as their symbol. * The vexilloid of [[Ancient Carthage]] most probably consisted of a spear with a disk and crescent (points upwards), symbolising the god [[Baal]] (sun = disk) and the goddess [[Tanit]] (moon = crescent).<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/lb_phoen.html#apv Vexilloid of the Carthaginian Empire:]</ref> * The [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]] has The [[Eagle of Zeus]] as their symbol. * The [[vexillum]] of [[Ancient Rome]] displayed the slogan <small>[[SPQR|S·P·Q·R]]</small> (''senātus populusque Rōmānus''), "The Roman Senate and People", in [[Gold (color)|gold]] on a field of [[crimson]]. * The [[Sassanian Empire]], which is called ''Eran Shahr'' (''[[Aryan]] Empire'') in [[Middle Persian]],<ref>[[Josef Wiesehofer|Wiesehofer, Joseph]] ''Ancient Persia'' New York:1996 I.B. Tauris</ref> used lotus symbol on its vexilloid, which is called the [[Derafsh Kaviani]].<ref>[http://www.rastakhiz.org/rastakhiz/ban/pahlavanan/aryamanesh/main.html Website honoring Dr. Kourosh Aryamanesh—Depicts images of the Derafsh Kaviani:]</ref><ref>[http://www.rastakhiz.org/rastakhiz/ban/pahlavanan/aryamanesh/derafsh-kaviani.gif Image of the Derafsh Kaviani:]</ref> {{Clear}} [[File:Drawing.svg.2021 05 28 18 45 37.0.svg|thumb|Vexilloid of Baden ''Garde Du Corps'' 1740–1919]]
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