Hussars are a type of Polish army that for 200 years were considered invincible. Where the hussars were an essential part of the army, the battle was not lost. There were times when hussars crushed enemy forces several times more numerous. In the battle of Kircholm (1605) thanks to hussars Polish forces defeated Swedish forces three times bigger, in the battle of Kluszyn (1610) five times bigger Russian forces and in the battle of Chocim (1673) several times bigger Turkish forces. As if the number of opponents did not matter to the hussars. A famous saying by one of the outstanding commanders of hussars, Hetman Chodkiewicz, who upon receiving the news before the battle of Kircholm that the number of Swedish forces was great, postponed the topic of counting the enemy forces until after the battle (I will count them when I beat them).

In hoc signo vinces. As described by Eusebius, a 4th century chronicler, this inscription and sign of the cross supposedly appeared to Emperor Constantine the Great before the Battle of Rome with his political opponent Maccensius in 312. The battle took place at the Mulvian Bridge. Constantine defeated Maccensius' more numerous hosts and entered Rome. In 313 Constantine (the first Roman emperor to become a Christian) introduced an act of religious tolerance called the Edict of Milan, which put an end to the persecution of Christians, who after the crucifixion of Jesus were being mass-murdered and persecuted by their religious opponents, whether Roman or Jewish, or by any pagan peoples. Rome was taking Christianity under its protection.

It is true that subsequent emperors withdrew from this protection and the persecution of Christians increased, but despite this, Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and became the universal Roman religion, i.e. Catholicism.