Talk:Flag of Romania

Did the three colours of the Romanian Flag represent something, i.e. Yellow for Wallachia, Blue for ... and green for Transylvania ?

No. But is it possible, because the Romanian flag is the same one as that used in Chad, to have one unified flag for the two, probably named something like Romania_Chad_flag_large.png? [[User:NazismIsntCool|Template:NazismIsntCool/sig]] 13:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC) PS: If you agree, I'll save one of the pictures to my computer (which is one of those new iMacs with MacOS 10.4) and you can notify me on my talk page when you have deleted them, and I will upload the image under its new name (it won't work if the flag of Chad is using different hues - and if they are, it's probably to give its flag the totally uncool "ROMANIA SUCKS" image. :-))

Actually, the colors DO represent something. Their symbolism is related to a system of colours used in the late Roman Empire. So there it goes: Red is the colour of the Roman Empire. Blue and Yellow are the colours of the Roman province of Dacia. Blue means that the province was an imperial province. Green would have meant that it were a senatorial province. The French flag has its colours for the same reason. Red for the Roman Empire, Blue and White for the Roman province of Galia. Blue meant it was an imperial province, White was its colour. The colour of Italy was also White, only Italy was a senatorial province not an imperial one, therefore its flag is Green, White, Red. The problem is that I can't provide a source, as I know this from my Latin teacher and I have no idea where she read this. Anyway, personally, I'm sure it's correct, although I've heard other stories about theese flags, particularly about the flag of Italy.

I'm the guy who added all the new info. I've checked the info in various sources all over the Web and I've taken care not to go into too much details when I found contradictions.
I hope it's obvious why I've placed the history first, it's the first thing I'd be interested in about a national flag: how it appeared and how it evolved.
The alledged dispute with Chad was a fabrication of Romanian scandal newspapers (former "Libertatea", for one) and was picked up by media channels rather well known for their sensationalistic hunts, such as TV channel ProTV. They had no base whatsoever, as it turned out eventually. I think it's pretty obvious that Chad would never get into such a ridiculous dispute, since I don't see how it has a leg to stand on, legally or morally. I also think it's rather silly to have several countries with the same colors, but that's how it is.
I suspected that the account regarding the first use of the colors in Novella XI will be particularly important, that's why I provided the original Latin text, a translation and all those explanations. I can provide links if you want, but now that you have the Latin text they should be easy to google.
I hope the timeline manages to explain how and why the flag changed and got where it is today.
I read the thing about the different shades of blue between Chad and Romania a while back on a rather serious site dedicated to flags. I can probably dig up the link, if needed, but it was presented as speculation there as well. This is silly too, shouldn't countries have to use precise color codes or something, like we do with cars?

--Oct 19, 2005

Yes, they should have standard colours. Who was it that Romania registered its flag with? Try there. Also check official Romanian and Chadian flags. .. Also, the section on Chad needs to be cleaned up a bit. "In an case"... and ... "Chad/Romanian flag is darker" -- RealGrouchy 04:53, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]