Talk:Elagabalus

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Please read this before requesting a change regarding gender identity

The gender identity of Elagabalus is a contentious topic and has been raised here before. The most radical claim — that Elagabalus claimed to be a woman and wanted confirming surgery — came from a historian who was also a public official, and answered to the same people who condemned Elagabalus's memory. This article follows the prevailing approach of scholarship by regarding those claims skeptically and thus uses masculine pronouns.

Before requesting a change related to this topic, please review the talk page archives. These are available through the header at the top of this page, which is visible only on large-screen devices. 67.180.143.89 (talk) 18:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Unprotection request

Could you unprotect Elagabalus’ page? In the Horrible Histories episode, Gruesome Guide to Growing Up, he was played by James McNicholas. So I need to add this to the page. 80.94.203.239 (talk) 09:48, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

:You could copy your (secondary) sources here and ask another editor to add? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:21, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

:That you don't provide a source tells me that page protection is working, and should remain. Marcus Markup (talk) 10:38, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 June 2025

There is an incorrect attribution to a primary source. The quote about him wanting a physician to incise a vagina is actually from Cassius Dio, 80.16.7 Burrowsrw (talk) 23:45, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

:I've made the change in good-faith assuming that you are correct. Traumnovelle (talk) 02:56, 17 June 2025 (UTC)