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Flavia Maxima Fausta
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Roman empress and second wife of Constantine I
Key facts
- Tenure
- 307–326
- Born
- 289, Rome , Italy
- Spouse
- Constantine I
- Issue
- Constantina Constantine II Constantius II Constans Helena
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Rome
- Spouse
- Constantine the Great
- Child
- Helena
- Father
- Maximian
- Mother
- Eutropia
- Sibling
- Maxentius
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Family
- Constantinian dynasty
- Image
- P1070865 Louvre tête de Fausta Ma4881 rwk.JPG
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- Commons category
- Fausta
- date of death
- 0329-00-00
- date of birth
- 0289-00-00
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- Fausta
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- killed by
- Constantine the Great
- cause of death
- death by boiling
- manner of death
- capital punishment
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Encyclopedic overview
DynastyConstantinian FatherMaximian MotherEutropia
Flavia Maxima Fausta Augusta (289 – 326 AD) was a Roman empress. She was the daughter of Maximian and second wife of Constantine the Great, who had her executed and excluded from all official accounts for unknown reasons. Historians Zosimus and Zonaras reported that she was executed for adultery with her stepson, Crispus.
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