 Some scholars such as Umberto Pappalardo argue that Julia would have been in charge of the villa after her husband’s death since as an infant Agrippa Postumus could not take on the responsibilities of maintaining the villa as Agrippa’s heir.The inscription "Caesaris Augusti femina mater erat" carved on a column shaft alludes to Julia.Many aristocratic women owned and managed villa properties in the Bay of Naples, so it would not have been uncommon for Julia to be the villa's proprietor when her son was not of age.