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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 8235546, member: 41219"]If it weren't for women, none of us would be here. Huzzah for women! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, was an interesting ancient woman. Born in the lower classes of society, eventually marrying Constantius I and birthing the future Constantine I, the Great. In her later life she was said to have made a pilgrimage to Syria Palestina and Jerusalem where she supposedly re-discovered the True Cross on which Jesus was said to have been crucified on. Eventually she was given sainthood. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fun fact: Her skull is supposedly on display in the Cathedral of Trier, Germany.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448624[/ATTACH] </p><p>Helena, AE follis. Cyzicus, AD 324-325. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, draped bust right with double-row pearl diadem, and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left holding branch and hem of robe. Mintmark SMKB.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 8235546, member: 41219"]If it weren't for women, none of us would be here. Huzzah for women! :) Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, was an interesting ancient woman. Born in the lower classes of society, eventually marrying Constantius I and birthing the future Constantine I, the Great. In her later life she was said to have made a pilgrimage to Syria Palestina and Jerusalem where she supposedly re-discovered the True Cross on which Jesus was said to have been crucified on. Eventually she was given sainthood. Fun fact: Her skull is supposedly on display in the Cathedral of Trier, Germany. [ATTACH=full]1448624[/ATTACH] Helena, AE follis. Cyzicus, AD 324-325. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, draped bust right with double-row pearl diadem, and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left holding branch and hem of robe. Mintmark SMKB.[/QUOTE]
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