| Constantine was succeeded by three sons, whose coins appear on subsequent
pages. |
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Flavia
Julia Helena
(St. Helena)
First wife of Constantius, Mother |
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Flavia
Theodora Maxima
Stepmother |
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Flavia
Fausta Maxima
Sister of Maxentius
Second wife |
| Helena, a Christian, helped to moderate persecution. She had
considerable influence under Constantine's reign, spending her last years in charitable
and religious works, including discovery of the True Cross. Her feast day is August 18. |
Daughter of Maximian, second wife of Constantius, mother of
Constantine's half-sister Constantia, (wife of Licinius), and mother of Delmatius,
Constantine's esteemed half-brother. |
Mother of three sons of Constantine, whom she hated for killing her father
and brother. In 326 she accused Crispus of treason
and he was executed; when the truth came out, Fausta
died in a bath of boiling water. |
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Flavius
Julius Crispus Caesar
317-326
Eldest Son |
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Flavius
Julius Delmatius
Caesar 335-337
Nephew |
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Flavius
Claudius Hanniballianus
Rex Armeniae 335-337
Nephew |
| Crispus played a leading role in the war with Licinius, and was in charge
of the western provinces , when he was executed for adultery on false evidence lodged by
Fausta. When Constantine learned the truth from Helena, the grieving emperor commissioned
statues in memory of his innocent son. |
Son of Constantine's half-brother, he was in charge of Greece and Moesia as
Constantine prepared for war with Persia. After the sudden illness and death of
Constantine, Delmatius was put to death after an interregnum of four months. |
Son of Constantine's half-brother, he was styled king of Armenia, Pontus
and Cappadocia; but the war to secure these territories never took place, and
during the interregnum after
Constantine's death, he was put to death with his brother Delmatius. |
