There was a crusader state established in greece in the wake of the 4th crusade (aka frankokratia in greek). It was called the latin empire and it had a pretty cool flag. I was wondering if anyone understands what it was meant to symbolize? It looks like they kept the byzantine flag structure but just put a ton of crosses on there? Why does it have so many crosses? I know crosses were a crusader motif (see kingdom of jerusalem) but why this specific number of crosses (18 small ones, 1 large one splitting up the field)? If there's no reason other than 'they liked crosses' that's fine but I've been curious as to some time if there was a deeper meaning and thought maybe someone here might know.
Also: what do the circles around the middle crosses symbolize?