Julia Balbilla

Julia Balbilla
Princess of Commagene
BornAD 72
Rome, Roman Empire
Diedafter AD 130
Names
Julia Balbilla
HouseOrontid
FatherGaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes
MotherClaudia Capitolina

Julia Balbilla (Greek: Ἰουλία Βαλβίλλα, AD 72 – after AD 130) was a Roman noble woman and poet.[1] Whilst in Thebes, touring Egypt as part of the imperial court of Hadrian, she inscribed three epigrams which have survived.[2]

  1. ^ Plant I. M. Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, chapter 43. ISBN 0806136219, 9780806136219
  2. ^ Pomeroy S. B. Spartan Women Oxford University Press, USA, 2002. p128. ISBN 0198030002, 9780198030003

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