103) may be considered as our original.
The ingenuity of the moderns, assisted by a few hints from the ancients, has illustrated and improved his obscure and imperfect narrative.] [Footnote 23: Philostorgius, l.ii.c.4.Zosimus (l.ii.p.104, 116) imputes to Constantine the death of two wives, of the innocent Fausta, and of an adulteress, who was the mother of his three successors.
According to Jerom, three or four years elapsed between the death of Crispus and that of Fausta.

The elder Victor is prudently silent.] [Footnote 24: If Fausta was put to death, it is reasonable to believe that the private apartments of the palace were the scene of her execution.

The orator Chrysostom indulges his fancy by exposing the naked desert mountain to be devoured by wild beasts.] [Footnote 25: Julian.Orat.i.He seems to call her the mother of Crispus.

She might assume that title by adoption.

At least, she was not considered as his mortal enemy.