Post Ac30ZfgUeilqBiYNii by Grandalf@aus.social
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 (DIR) Post #Ac2zvp5YGvadlsH0DY by Grandalf@aus.social
       2023-11-22T00:04:14Z
       
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       A Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus AKA Elagabalus, has been reclassified from a man to a trans woman. By the British Museum, no less. As noted by the BBC (no less 😁). Wringing hands all'round, I would say.Certain stodgy old Classics Professors don't like it, but then they wouldn't, would they? They're sure to get their stockings in a knot.https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67484645#Trans #TransRights
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac2zvs4x9btT2t14CW by anemone@misskey.anemoneya.me
       2023-11-22T00:05:53.822Z
       
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       @Grandalf@aus.social this is stupid
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac30ZfgUeilqBiYNii by Grandalf@aus.social
       2023-11-22T00:10:39Z
       
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       @anemone Why exactly? Or are you just shitposting again?
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac30ZgPrw14CSRmcRk by anemone@misskey.anemoneya.me
       2023-11-22T00:13:09.670Z
       
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       @Grandalf@aus.social because as the article states it's unclear what the status of the emperor actually was
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac31vWbzAVJsNHQgzo by joe@social.thisisjoes.site
       2023-11-22T00:28:16Z
       
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       @Grandalf >His behavior estranged the Praetorian Guard, the Senate and the common people alike. Amidst growing opposition, at just 18 years of age he was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander in March 222.>Elagabalus developed a reputation among his contemporaries for extreme eccentricity, decadence, zealotry and sexual promiscuity. This tradition has persisted; among writers of the early modern age he endured one of the worst reputations among  Roman emperors.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac31wPlo5gr7RfRoRM by joe@social.thisisjoes.site
       2023-11-22T00:28:29Z
       
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       @Grandalf >According to Barthold Georg Niebuhr, "the name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others" because of his "unspeakably disgusting life".[9] An example of a modern historian's assessment is Adrian Goldsworthy's: "Elagabalus was not a tyrant, but he was an incompetent, probably the least able emperor Rome had ever had."
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac35fEi4MKDC2IlOym by Grandalf@aus.social
       2023-11-22T01:10:10Z
       
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       @joe A kid raised to a position of ultimate power? What could go wrong?