Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Transgender People
Ancient History Fangirl
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Eligobolus and Hieracles, a Child Emperor
Aligobles was a child emperor in ancient Rome. She is breaking from the traditional patriarchal, gender hierarchy of ancient rome at the highest level. While she's the empress and she can do anything to anybody, she's also a teeny ajuror who falls into these intense crushes. At the hands of hieracles she's a victim. And it's really sad, and it really does nearer a lot of things that are still happening today.
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