Museum Classifies Roman Emperor Elagabalus As Trans – But Modern Labels Oversimplify Ancient Gender Idenтιтies

AncientPages.com – Elagabalus ruled as Roman emperor for just four years before being murdered in AD 222. He was still a teenager when he died. Despite his short reign, Elagabalus is counted among the most infamous of Roman emperors, often listed alongside Caligula and Nero. His indiscretions, recorded by the Roman chroniclers, include: marrying a vestal virgin, the most chaste of […]