The origin of the flag is unknownInglefield, p. 39. and it remains unclear when the first flag was raised. Ships with vexilloids were represented on predynastic Egyptian pottery . In antiquity, field signs that can be categorised as vexilloid or "flag-like" were used in warfare, originating in ancient Egypt or Assyria.Flag | heraldry. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 15, 2019. Examples include the Sassanid battle standard Derafsh Kaviani, and the standards of the Roman legions such as the eagle of Augustus Caesar's Xth legion and the dragon standard of the Sarmatians; the latter was allowed to fly freely in the wind, carried by a horseman, but depictions suggest that it bore more similarity to an elongated dragon kite than to a simple flag.
The origin of the flag is unknownInglefield, p. 39. and it remains unclear when the first flag was raised. Ships with vexilloids were represented on predynastic Egyptian pottery . In antiquity, field signs that can be categorised as vexilloid or "flag-like" were used in warfare, originating in ancient Egypt or AssyriaFlag | heraldry. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 15, 2019. Examples include the Sassanid battle standard Derafsh Kaviani, and the standards of the Roman legions such as the eagle of Augustus Caesar's Xth legion and the dragon standard of the Sarmatians; the latter was allo.wed to fly freely in the wind, carried by a horseman, but depictions suggest that it bore more similarity to an elongated dragon kite than to a simple flag.