History is filled with stories of remarkable women who shattered societal norms to become warriors and leaders. These ...

A UK museum has declared a third-century Roman emperor a transgender woman — and will start referring to the ruler as “she,” even though some historians believe it is based on ancient insults. The ...

A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor Elagabalus to be a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, a town north of London, said that the decision was ...

Cato speaking. Illustration from the end of the 19th century. The story of the fall of the Roman republic involves dysfunctional government, political selfishness, and constitutional collapse, played ...

Emperor Elagabalus assumed the Roman throne at the age of 14. (photo by Carole Raddato via Flickr) The North Hertfordshire Museum in the United Kingdom has reclassified a Roman emperor as a ...