Of course there was a trans Roman emperor… we have always shaped history

A museum has begun referring to Roman emperor Elagabalus using female pronouns, but why all the fuss, asks trans comedian Jordan Gray – history is full of such heroines…

Fourteen-year-old Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled for four years beginning AD218, was assassinated at aged 18 (Getty Images)

When in Rome, do as the womans do.

(Oh come on, you’ve got to give me that one!)

A 1,400-year-old “he said, she said” was never going to end with unanimous consensus. But the North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin now faces a backlash from a handful of historians for amending the pronouns of the Roman emperor Elagabalus. The 14-year-old Syrian, who ruled for four years beginning AD218, was assassinated at the age of 18.