NGC F - FINE Roman AE3 of Fausta AD307 - 326
Fausta, ( Flavia Maxima Fausta ) was born roughly AD 290-295 as daughter of Empreror Maximian. She was married to Constantine I in AD307 and would bear 5 children over the years of their marriage. He held her in high enough regard to elevate her to the rank of Augusta in AD324. Despite this he ordered her to be executed by being locked in an overheated bath in AD326. This gruesome death has been attributed to a possible affair with his eldest son Crispus who was also executed.
Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was the first Roman emperor to openly embrace Christianity. Born around AD280 in Naissus, Moesia, he rose to power after claiming victory at the Milvian Bridge near Rome in AD312, reportedly inspired by a vision of a cross with the words "In this sign, conquer." He issued the Edict of Milan in AD313 granting tolerance to Christians and providing them with land and privileges. Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea to address theological disputes and opposed heresies like Donatism and Arianism. After defeating and executing Licinius, he became sole ruler and moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium, renaming it Constantinople in AD324. Despite his contributions to Christianity, Constantine's reign was marked by controversy, including the execution of his wife and eldest son in AD326. He refused pagan rites, never returning to Rome, and died on May 22, AD337 near Nicomedia, Bithynia.
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