 This figure is considered an exaggeration by modern historians

During the onslaught, Constantine directed the guard of his overtly Christian standard, the labarum, to move it to any part of the field where his troops seemed to be faltering.The appearance of this talisman emboldened his own troops and dismayed those of Licinius.Constantine, who had been slightly wounded in the thigh, halted his attack at sunset and darkness allowed Licinius and the remains of his force to withdraw to Byzantium, the coast, and the safety of his fleet.