helena was crushed by this scandal. this was likely her favorite grandson. this must have been devastating for her. but the scandal is about to get bigger. constantine discovers, from back channels, that perhaps fausta had manufactured all of this, that she favored her own sons for the throne and that she set crispas up to be murdered. he orders that she be put in a back chamber, the doors locked and the fires stoked to the point that it cooks her to death.
the murder of fausta and of crispas happens in 326. helena departs for the holy land in 327. there s almost certainly some connection between those two events. if you re his mother, hoping for his soul to be saved somehow, you re going to want to make a passionate gesture of reconciliation of penetance. she wanted when she traveled to jerusalem. and when she went looking for that true cross, she was surely determined to find it. [ male announcer ] take zzzquil and sleep like.
placing in the top three will make a statement. molly, thanks. thanks for having me. watch meet the press this morning. senators kerry an mccain discuss the crash in afghanistan and the economy. the discussion continues with dr. alan greenspan, austa austan goolsbee, rachel mad maddow and alex castilanos. a fatal police shooting angers a community. that s on the other side of the break.