Opinion | Did Chinese emperor identify as a woman like Roman emperor Elagabalus? Why we should sometimes question historical accounts
Was the Roman emperor Elagabalus transgender? A museum in Hitchin, a town halfway between London and Cambridge in Britain, recently changed the pronouns it used when describing an Elagabalus coin in its collection, referring to the emperor as a trans woman using “she/her” pronouns. According to historical records, Elagabalus, who reigned for four years and … Read more
