3rd century CE)[1] was a musician who primarily played the hydraulis, an early version of the organ.
[4][5][2] Aelia Sabina was the wife of Titus Aelius Justus, a musician employed by the Second Auxiliary Legion of the Roman army.
[5][6] 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.
[5][3] This inscription reads: Enclosed within this stone lies Sabina, dear and faithful wife.
Titus Aelius Justus, water organist and stipendiary of the Second Auxiliary Legion erected this monument to his wife.