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# Third-Century Roman Child's Bust Found to Depict a Girl, Not a Boy
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/dolgo-schitalos-chto-zapechatlionnyi-v-rimskoi-skulpture-3-veka-rebionok-malchik-potomu-chto-korotkaia-strizhka/
- Published: 2017-02-05T19:36:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:09:16.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archaeology, Museums, Rome, Humour

For a long time the child immortalised in a 3rd-century Roman sculpture was thought to be a boy, because of the short haircut. It has recently emerged that this type of toga was worn by girls. So much for assuming a gender identity