id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1349 Julia Balbilla - Wikipedia .html text/html 2987 414 69 Julia Balbilla (Greek: Ἰουλία Βαλβίλλα, 72 CE – after 130 CE) 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] Balbilla was the second child of Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes and Claudia Capitolina, a Greek woman born in Alexandria. In 129 CE, she accompanied them to the Valley of the Kings in Ancient Egypt.[6] Balbilla was commissioned to record the party's return visit from 19 to 21 November 130 CE.[7] Balbilla inscribed three epigrams in Aeolic Greek, known as 'epigrammata', on the legs of the Colossi of Memnon.[8] The statue may have reminded Balbilla of the sculptures on Mount Nemrut and the mausoleum of her ancestor, Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, the descendants of whom she references in her poems. Balbilla is not addressing Memnon but is flattering Hadrian and Sabina. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1349.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1349.txt