Aelia Sabina

Aelia Sabina (fl. 3rd century CE) was a musician who primarily played the hydraulis, an early version of the organ. She lived in Roman settlement of Aquincum, located in modern-day Budapest, Hungary. When she died at age 25, her husband wrote a lengthy, loving inscription on her tomb (discovered by archaeologists in the 1800s), in which he mourned her loss and praised her character and musical skill. This inscription reads: