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Episode CXXV - Call Me Not a Lord, for I Am a Lady (Elagabalus III)

Emperors of Rome

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Are the Rumours About Elegablus a Gender Identity Disorder?

It may be the case that alegabus did have a gender identity disorder. The stories are used in the most extreme ways by our sourcers. These rumours extended beyond the imperial court. For example, elien, who was contemporary at time, lived under elegablus and serus alexander. He wrote a work called the denouncement of a womanly man about elegablus which he was too scared to publish while elegablus was still alivedo.

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