Editing Fausta (section)

==Family==
Fausta was the daughter of the emperor [[Maximian]] and his wife [[Eutropia]]. As her age is nowhere outright attested, scholarly estimates have ranged from 289/290{{sfn|Barnes|1982|p=34}} to the end of the 290s.{{sfn|Drijvers|1992|p=502}}{{sfn|Waldron|2022|p=191 with n. 98}} To seal the alliance between them for control of the [[Tetrarchy]], Maximian married her to [[Constantine I]] in 307.{{sfn|Drijvers|1992|p=500}}

Constantine at first tried to present Maximian's suicide as an unfortunate tragedy, but later started spreading another version where Fausta was involved in her father's downfall. Barnes observed that the story "shows clear signs of being invented during Constantine's war against Maxentius."{{sfn|Barnes|1973|pp=41-42}}

During her marriage, she had 5 children.<ref>Hans Pohlsander, [http://www.roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu/fausta.htm Fausta (293-326 A.D.)]</ref> Fausta held the title of ''[[nobilissima]] femina'' up until 324,{{sfn|Drijvers|1992|pp=500-501}} when Constantine held her in high enough regard to grant her the title of ''[[Augusta (honorific)|augusta]]'', which she received together with Constantine's mother [[Helena, mother of Constantine I|Helena]].{{sfn|Woods|1998|p=70}}{{sfn|Drijvers|1992|p=501}}{{sfn|Stephenson|2010|p=217}}