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==History==
==History==
[[File:Geoffrey Plantangenet.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Arms of Geoffrey Plantangenet (1113-1151), six lions in a rampant pose upon a blue field (''azure, six lions rampant or'')]]
It can be argued that heraldry had its origins in the ancient empires before Christ; on the battlefield soldiers needed to know where their fellows were. The image of [[Medusa]] on the shields of Greek warriors, or the decorative motifs on shields carried by Romans were a means of identification. But these were not considered true heraldry; they were military in nature, and used to identify individual fighting units.
It can be argued that heraldry had its origins in the ancient empires before Christ; on the battlefield soldiers needed to know where their fellows were. The image of [[Medusa]] on the shields of Greek warriors, or the decorative motifs on shields carried by Romans were a means of identification. But these were not considered true heraldry; they were military in nature, and used to identify individual fighting units.