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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Puckles, post: 2725556, member: 82875&quot;]The bit in the brackets makes it easy for me to answer this question in the affirmative.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>&quot;Did Constantine I Have (or at least believe he had) A Valid Reason For Executing His Son Crispus?&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Whether Constantine was actually right or wrong to do what he did, I don&#039;t know, I don&#039;t have enough information to form a conclusion either way. However, I can certainly accept that he <b>believed</b> he had a valid reason for killing Crispus at the time he issued the order, even if his decision was possibly based on &quot;alternative facts&quot; that may later prove to be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was no saint. He really wasn&#039;t that nice. Afterall, he did a fair bit of killing. Any perceived advantage from being one of his close relatives would have quickly evaporated as things unfolded. All we can be sure about is that he wasn&#039;t any worse than Hitler or Stalin but probably wasn&#039;t as nice as Antoninus Pius. The truth lies somewhere in between.</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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