British museum declares a Roman Emperor was a "she". Thoughts?

[Cubus]

British museum in Hertfordshire, declared that Roman emperor Elagabalus was a transgender, and would start to refer to him as "she" in their exhibitions. It is based on a chronic by Cassius Dio who called Elagabalus "wife, mistress and queen".

Critics point out that Dio was a servant of Elagabalus successor - Severus Alexander, and might wanted to discredit former emperor, who was famous for being ruthless and eventually assasinated.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/20/trans-roman-emperor-hitchin-museum-claim-pronouns-woke/

[Exterminatore]

I think it’s stupid. No doubt he was a pervert. He is known for cross dressing at times and if I’m not mistaken offered a huge sum of money for anyone who could create a vagina for him.


However, succession was male. If he were not a male, he’d never have been emperor in the first place. That makes him a he not a she.


These gender wars are exhausting.

[OlderAndWiser]

The UK seems to be even worse than the US for PC nonsense!

[AndreaH]

@OlderAndWiser oh it is

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO.

[Cubus]

You're welcome

[Soteris]

I am just going to come out and say it, I trust the British museum more than I do the Telegraph. co. uk

In fact, I trust most things in life more than I do the telegraph, its a rubbish publication.

It is actually fairly difficult to know much about Elagabalus, mainly because they lived such a "colorful life" and also because they were assassinated by the age of 18 so the history is kinda short on this topic so to speak. From what we know of the person however it does appear that they were trans, we might be wrong but it is the prevailing theory right now.

That said, it is mostly just Americans throwing a hissyfit over trans people right now that has turned this literally ancient debate into something anyone actually cares about.

[Cubus]

You can read about it in many newspapers. Not only Telegraph.

[Soteris]

I can and I did.

[TrueConfection]

So the British museum wants to "respect" character assassination? Why an I not surprised?

[Drewtate]

Entirely possibly but unlikely. Romans had certain rules about women, homosexuality and eunuchs