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Christian emperor, hes engaged in the sin of murder. thou shalt not kill is one of the top commandments. constantine will have thought of helena as his great ally, thinking that he can rely on his mothers support in anything. perhaps he should have thought again before he killed her grandson. >> you are weak. you are a weak and sinful man. >> the murder of fausta and of crispus happens in 326. helena departs for the holy land in 327.

You are a weak and sinful man. >> the murder of fausta and of crispus happens in 326. helena departs for the holy land in 327. theres almost certainly some connection between those two events. >> if youre his mother, hoping for his soul to be saved somehow, youre going to want to make a passionate gesture of reconciliation, of penitence. >> she knew what she wanted when she traveled to jerusalem.

Orders of his father, he is sent to the coast of croatia. and he is put to death by poison. >> helena was crushed by this scandal. this was likely her favorite grandson. >> this must have been devastating for her. >> but the scandal is about to get bigger. >> constantine discovers, from back channels, that perhaps fausta had manufactured all of this, that she favored her own sons for the throne and that she set crispus up to be murdered.

>> i think that she was sent by the emperor constantine. he felt that the cross was very important, and he wanted to send her there to do something special. there is potentially a darker side to helenas journey. it follows on from a scandalous episode within the house of constantine. >> constantine abandoned his first wife to marry the noble woman fausta. fausta has given him three young sons. but her husbands likely successor is his eldest son, crispus. >> crispus was the golden boy of the cons...

Fausta had manufactured all of this, that she favored her own sons for the throne and that she set crispus up to be murdered. he orders that she be put in a back chamber, the doors locked and the fires stoked to the point that it cooks her to death. >> as the self-proclaimed christian emperor, hes engaged in the sin of murder. thou shalt not kill is one of the top commandments. constantine will have thought of helena as his great ally,

14 years later, his mother is on her way to the holy land. >> i think that she was sent by the emperor constantine. he felt that the cross was very important, and he wanted to send her there to do something special. there is potentially a darker side to helenas journey. it follows on from a scandalous episode within the house of constantine. >> constantine abandoned his first wife to marry the noble woman fausta. fausta has given him three young

Thinking that he can rely on his mothers support in anything. perhaps he should have thought again before he killed her grandson. >> you are weak. you are a weak and sinful man. >> the murder of fausta and of crispus happens in 326. helena departs for the holy land in 327. theres almost certainly some connection between those two events. >> if youre his mother, hoping for his soul to be saved somehow, youre going to want to make a passionate gesture of

Sons. but her husbands likely successor is his eldest son, crispus. >> crispus was the golden boy of the constantinian household. he had a military career. he had been made caesar by his father. >> on the face of it, the christian family at the center of the roman empire are united. but a scandal is about to erupt. >> christian sources tend to hush-hush about it. they dont want to say anything. but the pagan sources jump all over constantine. the story goes that constantine discovers that his so...

>> this must have been devastating for her. >> but the scandal is about to get bigger. >> constantine discovers, from back channels, that perhaps fausta had manufactured all of this, that she favored her own sons for the throne and that she set crispus up to be murdered. he orders that she be put in a back chamber, the doors locked and the fires stoked to the point that it cooks her to death.

Special. there is potentially a darker side to helenas journey. it follows on from a scandalous episode within the house of constantine. >> constantine abandoned his first wife to marry the noble woman fausta. fausta has given him three young sons. but her husbands likely successor is his eldest son, crispus. >> crispus was the golden boy of the constantinian household. he had a military career. had he had been made caesar by his father. >> on the face of it, the christian family at the center o...