Killed Those He Was Suspicious Of
And from secular history comes the example of Constantine, whom historian Will Durant rates as generally an efficient and good ruler. Yet after he secured the position of Roman Emperor, Constantine became envious and cruel. In A.D. 326 he was so troubled by the success of his son Crispus, so disturbed by the popularity of his wife Fausta, and so suspicious of his talented nephew Licenianus, that he had all three of them executed.