also to her noble and aristocratic blood. In the epigram, Balbilla mentions that Balbilus has royal lineage. Balbilus in fiction The Hasta Pura of Balbilus is mentioned in the second part of the novel series, written by Robert Graves, I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Graves calls the decoration an "arrow without a head" and refers to its award to Balbilus. Balbilus's role as court astrologer is referred to throughout the fourth to sixth parts of the novel series Romanike by Codex Regius (2006–2014) The character of Barbillus in the Cambridge Latin Course, a wealthy but superstitious Alexandrian with an interest in astrology living around AD 79, is based on Balbilus. References Sources Thrasyllus’ article at ancient library Barbillus’ article at ancient library Babilus’ article at ancient library P. Robinson Coleman-Norton & F. Card Bourne, Ancient Roman Statutes, The Lawbook Exchange Limited, 1961 G.H. Halsberghe, The Cult of Sol Invictus, Brill, 1972 H. Temporini & W. Haase, 2, Principat: 9, 2, Walter de Gruyter, 1978 B. Levick, Tiberius: The Politician, Routledge, 1999 J. Hazel, Who's who in the Roman World, Psychology Press, 2002 E.A. Hemelrijk, Matrona Docta: Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna, Routledge, 2004 R. Beck, Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004 J.H. Holden, A History of Horoscopic Astrology, American Federation of Astrology, 2006 M. Bunsen, Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, Infobase Publishing, 2009 H. Willer Laale, Ephesus (Ephesos): An Abbreviated History from Androclus to Constantine XI (Google eBook), WestBow Press, 2011 Martin Gansten, "Balbillus and the Method of aphesis", Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 52 (2012), pp. 587–602 Royal genealogy of Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb Genealogy of daughter of Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus & Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb External links Article by Martin Gansten from Lund University – Balbillus and the Method of aphesis (July 2012) Roman governors of Egypt 1st-century Roman governors of Egypt 1st-century Romans AD 3 births 79 deaths Ancient Greek astrologers Commagene people Balbilus