Fausta

Fausta (Louvre, Paris)

Fausta (c.290-326): name of a Roman empress, wife of Constantine I the Great.

Life

Born in c. 290 as daughter of the emperor Maximianus and Eutropia; her brother his Maxentius
Summer 307 Marriage to Constantine the Great
312 Constantine defeats Maxentius, becomes sole ruler in the West
316 Birth of Constantinus II
317 Birth of Constantius II
320 or 323 Birth of Constans
c.320 Birth of Constantina
Un known moment: Birth of Helena
324 Constantine defeats Licinius, sole ruler of the Roman Empire
325 Fausta proclaimed Augusta
Summer 326 Fausta executed on a charge of adultery
Damnatio memoriae
Constantius II reburies Fausta next to Constantine

See also: Fausta's Fresco

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