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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1655285, member: 42773&quot;]Constantine I has always been a controversial figure - notice that I don&#039;t use the sobriquet &quot;the Great.&quot; The more you read about him, the less great he gets.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;d like to know is what REALLY happened in the Crispus/Fausta business. Some authors claim Fausta falsely accused Crispus of rape, so Constantine had him executed. Then when the nature of the false accusation came to light, he had Fausta boiled to death. (Some authors say suffocated to death in an overly-hot bath, but that pretty much sounds like a euphemism for boiling to me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If Fausta&#039;s accusation was indeed false, then why didn&#039;t Constantine reinstate the good name of Crispus, a son that had been dear to him for so long? There&#039;s got to be more to that story. Enquiring minds need to know![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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