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For Honduras herself, I am especially concerned about point 6 of the agreement described in Fausta’s blog (the first bolded link above), which mandates a truth commission to explore the events since June.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Congrats to the Obama Administration… 2009
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(Paris, 1831), and M. de Pellaert's (Brussels, 1834); Italian versions were "Fausta," by Donizetti (Mme. Pasta and Signor Donzelli sang in it in Naples in 1832), "Fausto," by Gordigiano (Florence,
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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"Fausta" play performed in the movie, and a look at the real asylum patients used in the "La
DVD Verdict 2010
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The bizarre deaths of both his eldest son, Crispus, and his wife Fausta cast a shadow over his emperorship and fueled denigration of him in later years by anti-Christian authors, who also implicated Helena in their accusations of foul play.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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One of the earliest surviving accounts, written at the end of the fourth century, made an often repeated claim that Crispus had rejected the sexual advances of his stepmother and that a vengeful Fausta had then accused him of rape.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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The traumatised heroine Fausta was conceived during the multiple rape of her peasant mother.
The Milk of Sorrow 2010
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Supporting characters from history are the Emperor Constantine, his wife Fausta, and the competing theologians Athanasius and Arius.
The Council of Nicæa and March Books 38) The Witch Hunters nwhyte 2008
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Its anonymous author did his level best to imply that the engagement was of long standing, even though this was demonstrably untrue, claiming it had been predicted by a painted portrait in the imperial palace at Aquileia, which showed Fausta as a child, “adorable for her divine beauty,” offering an engagement gift of a plumed helmet to her youthful swain.23
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Following his death his three sons—Constantius II, Constantine II, and Constans, all children of his marriage to Fausta—agreed to a power-sharing arrangement.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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After having his son executed Constantine was then stricken with remorse and, egged on by his outraged mother Helena, ordered Fausta to be forced into her boiling grave.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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