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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1779650, member: 42773"]Historians disagree on what really happened between Fausta and Crispus, but it's the sort of stuff that makes for Roman legend - that much is certain. I'm inclined to think that they were having an affair, and when rumor got out, Fausta accused Crispus of rape, thinking he'd get away with a slap on the wrist from his father.</p><p> </p><p>Whether it was mutual or not, Constantine must have been livid when he discovered Fausta's treachery. He had loved Crispus tremendously, and it must have been traumatic for father to execute son, hence the torturous punishment for Fausta.</p><p> </p><p>However, given Constantine's extreme attachment to Crispus, it calls into question whether the father really did execute his son. Perhaps there's a part of the story we don't know.</p><p> </p><p>Constantine I was the first "Christian" emperor of Rome, and I put the word Christian in quotation marks because that means so many different things to different people. How many times in history have we seen that the idea of forgiveness is little more than a fetish among religious persons: often revered and averred, but seldom practiced?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1779650, member: 42773"]Historians disagree on what really happened between Fausta and Crispus, but it's the sort of stuff that makes for Roman legend - that much is certain. I'm inclined to think that they were having an affair, and when rumor got out, Fausta accused Crispus of rape, thinking he'd get away with a slap on the wrist from his father. Whether it was mutual or not, Constantine must have been livid when he discovered Fausta's treachery. He had loved Crispus tremendously, and it must have been traumatic for father to execute son, hence the torturous punishment for Fausta. However, given Constantine's extreme attachment to Crispus, it calls into question whether the father really did execute his son. Perhaps there's a part of the story we don't know. Constantine I was the first "Christian" emperor of Rome, and I put the word Christian in quotation marks because that means so many different things to different people. How many times in history have we seen that the idea of forgiveness is little more than a fetish among religious persons: often revered and averred, but seldom practiced?[/QUOTE]
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