Is the past a foreign country? For hundreds of years, Roman emperor Elagabalus has been known as a man. But now some say he was actually a transgender woman.
The Roman emperor who was a trans woman
Bitter end: Elagabalus was murdered by his own soldiers and replaced with his cousin. Glossary
Ancient Rome - One of the largest empires in the ancient world.
emperor - Ruler of an empire.
Transgender - Someone whose gender identity (what they feel inside) does not match the gender identity they were assigned at birth (based on their biology).
Gender - A person's gender identity (whether they feel like a man, woman or something else) is not the same as their biological sex (which is determined by genitals, hormones or chromosomes).
LP Hartley - A British novelist, born in 1895.