there is potentially a darker side to helena s journey. it follows on from a scandalous episode within the house of constantine. 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. crispus was the golden boy of the constantinian household. he had a very successful military career. he had been made caesar 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.
side to helena s journey. it follows on from a scandalous episode within the house of constantine. 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. crispus was the golden boy of the constantinian household. he had a military career. had he had been made caesar 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
constantine s conversion to christianity. before that, the empire had been persecuting its christians. it was illegal by the penalty of death to be a christian. after that, you were free. constantine legalizes christianity throughout the empire. 14 years later, his mother is on her way to the holy land. i think that she was sent by the emperor constantine. he felt that the cross was very important, and he wanted to send her there to do something special. there is potentially a darker side to helena s journey. it follows on from a scandalous
before that, the empire had been persecuting its christians. it was illegal by the penalty of death to be a christian. after that, you were free. constantine legalizes christianity throughout the empire. 14 years later, his mother is on her way to the holy land. i think that she was sent by the emperor constantine. he felt that the cross was very important, and he wanted to send her there to do something special. there is potentially a darker side to helena s journey. it follows on from a scandalous episode within the house of constantine.
going to be used. he didn t realize that. that was the error in his plan. he drove 500 miles from his home in san francisco to helena s home in san diego to stalk the couple and learn their schedules. his first mistake was getting in a car accident a few days before the murder, proof that he was in san diego before the crime. frediani learned that roger left for work every morning around 8:00 a.m., about an hour before helena. prosecutors believe frediani waited for helena outside her front gate. he was wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints, like he did when he assaulted helena a year earlier. when he heard helena close the front door, he made his move. frediani probably believed the gloves would protect him and didn t realize he left crucial forensic evidence behind. ironically, it was helena who grabbed it.