constantine abandoned his first wife to marry the noble woman fausta. fausta has given him three young sons. but her husband s likely successor is his eldest son crispus. he was the golden boy. he had a successful military career. he had been made cesar by his father. on the face of it, the christian family at the center of the roman empire are united. but a scandal is about to erupt. christian sources tend to hush-hush about it. they don t want to say anything. but the pagan sources jump all over constantine. the story goes that