Abstract
This paper aims to analyze again the ancient traditions about Constantine's murder of Crispus and Fausta. As Eutropius maintains, Crispus was executed because of political reasons: in my opinion Constantine trusted Fausta's accusations against his son as he had trusted similar accusations against her father Maximian in 310. However the official justification for the two murders was not a political, but a moral one, that is incestuous adultery, as it was usual since Augustus. Zosimos could thereafter develop his version on this 'sexual' basis.
| Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Constantine and the death of Crispo |
|---|---|
| Lingua originale | Italian |
| Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | La storiografia tardoantica. In memoria di A.Baldini |
| Editor | B.Girotti V.Neri |
| Pagine | 127-138 |
| Numero di pagine | 12 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2017 |
Keywords
- Roman historiography
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