Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Transgender People
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The Trans Girl Who Became an Emperor of Rome
Elagobolis was one of the child emperors who became a tyrant. Her official name was antoninus, and she had been assigned male at birth. Eligabolus was raised to the purple at the age of 14 by a rebelling faction of the roman army. The details of her life mostly come from the historia augusta.
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