Geography

• Baalbek [HELIOPOLIS.] BAAL-GAD, in the northern extremity of the Holy Land, in the valley of Leban
• Babba (Βάβα, Ptol. 4.1.14; Βαβαί: Eth. Βαβαῖος, Steph. B. sub voce a colony in Mauretania Tingit
• Babrantium a place in the neighbourhood of Chios, mentioned by Polybius in his sixteenth book, as quo
• Babyllenii Babyllenii (Eth. Βαβυλλήνιοι, Ptol. 4.7.29), the name of a tribe which belonged to the hyb
• Babylon in later times called also Babylonia (Justin, 1.2; Solin. 100.37: Eth. Βαβυλώνιος,, Eth. B
• Babylon the modern Baboul, was a fortress or castle in the Delta of Egypt. It was seated in the He
• Babylonia a province of considerable extent on the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris, and the 9th sa
• Babyrsa a mountain fortress of Armenia, at no great distance from Artaxata, where the treasures of
• Babytace according to Stephanus a city of Persis, according to Pliny on the Tigris, 135 M. P. from
• Baccanae or AD BACCANAS, a station on the Via Cassia, still called Baccano. It is placed by the Iti
• Bacchia a town of Hispania Ulterior, mentioned only by Orosius (5.4, where the MSS. have Buccia an
• Bacchis one of the numerous towns or villages which lined the shores of the lake Moeris, and of wh
• Bachilitae an inland tribe of the Arabian peninsula (Plin. Nat. 6.28. s. 32), perhaps identical with
• Bactaialla a town of Syria. According to the Peutinger Tables, 27 M. P. from Antioch. The plain of Be
• Bactra (τὰ Βάκτρα, Strab. xi. pp. 513, 516, &c.; Βάκτρα Βαδίλειον, Ptol. 6.11.9; Arrian, 4.7. 15;
• Bactriana an extensive province, according to Strabo (xi. p.516) the principal part…
• Bactrus the river on which Bactra, the capital town of Bactriana, was situated. It is supposed to
• Bacuatae a people of Mauretania Tingitana, about the neighbourhood of Fez. (Ptol. 4.1.10.) There is
• Bacuntius a small river in Lower Pannonia, which falls into the Savus not far from the town of Sirmi
• Badaca a town in Susiana whither Antigonus retired after he had been defeated by Eumenes. It is s
• Badara a town in Gedrosia, on the sea coast. According to Marcian (p. 26), who calls it τὰ Βάδαρα
• Badera is placed by the Table on the road from Toulouse to Narbonne, at the distance of xv from T
• Badia or BATHEIA (Βαθεῖα, Plut.), a town of Spain, only mentioned as the scene of an incident re
• Baduhennae Lucus Lucus the grove of Baduhenna, a forest in the country of the Frisians. (Tac. Ann. 4.73.) I
• Baebro one of the principal inland cities of Hispania Baetica, between the Baetis and the ocean,
• Baecolicus Mons Mons (τὸ Βαικολικὸν ὄρος), a range of mountains, forming part of the S. boundary of Cyrena
• Baecor a town of Hispania Baetica, only mentioned by Appian; apparently in the neighbourhocd of B
• Baecula (Βαίκυλα: Eth. Βαικυλεύς Steph. B. sub voce. 1. A town of Hispania Baetica, in the territo
• Baeterrae . The name of this place is…
• Baetii Montes Montes (τὰ Βαίτια ὄρη, Ptol. 6.19.1), a chain of mountains to the N. of Gedrosia between i
• Baetis or BAETES (Guadalquivir, a corruption of the Arabic Wad-el-Kebir, the Great River), was th
• Baetius a river of the country of the Cinaedocolpitae, on the west coast of Arabia, in the modern
• Baetulo or BAETULLO, a small river of Hispania Tarraconensis, on the E. coast, between the Iberus
• Baeturia the N. and N.W. part of Hispania Baetica, along the river Anas (Guadiana), and S. of it as
• Bagacum a town of the Nervii, a Belgic people. In the text of Ptolemy it is generally Baganum, whi
• Bagadania a large elevated plain in Cappadocia between Argaeus and Taurus, a cold region which hardl
• Bage a Lydian town in the valley of the Hermus on the right bank of the river, and nearly oppos
• Bagistanus Mons Mons (ὄρος Βαγίστανον, Diod. 2.13; Steph. B. sub voce a mountain on the confines of Media,
• Bagous Mons Mons (Βαγῶον ὄρος, Ptol. 6.17.1, 19.1), a chain of mountains mentioned by Ptolemy as being
• Bagrada or BAGRADAS (ὁ Βαγράδας, gen.-- α: Mejerdah), the chief river of the Carthaginian territor
• Bagradas a small river which flowed into the Persian Gulf, and which appears to have been the bound
• Bagraudanene one of the cantons of Armenia, lying to the E., near the sources of the Tigris. The Taurau
• Bahurim a town of Benjamin, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives. (2 Sam. 16.5.) It must ha
• Baiae a place on the coast of Campania, celebrated for its warm baths, as well as for the beauty
• Baiae a small place on the gulf of Issus, placed between Issus and the Cilician gates in the Ant
• Baiocasses Baiocasses the name of a Celtic people mentioned in the Notitia. Pliny (4.18) speaks of th
• Balanea a town of Syria subject…
• Balari Balari (Βαλαροί), one of the tribes or nations who inhabited the interior of Sardinia. The
• Balbura a Lycian town, the site of which is fixed (Spratt's Lycia, vol. i. p. 267) at Katara on bo
• Balcea who places it in Teuthrania, a district which contains Pergamum. His…
• Baleares Baleares (Βαλλιαρεῖς, Diod. 5.17, Eustath. ad Dion. 457; Βαλιαρεῖς, Βαλιαρίδες, Steph. B.
• Balesium or BALETIUM, a town of Calabria, mentioned by Pliny (3.11. s. 16), who enumerates the name
• Balissus a small river in Mesopotamia, below Carrhae, where the first battle took place between the
• Balla or VALLA (Βάλλα, Steph. B. sub voce Οὐάλλαι, Ptol. 3.13.40: Eth. Βαλλαῖος, Steph.; Vallaeu
• Balomum the name of part of the sea-coast of Gedrosia. It is not mentioned, except by Arrian (Ind.
• Balonga the chief city of the Pirates' country (Ληστῶν χώρα), on the Sinus Magnus, on the E. coast
• Balsa a considerable town of Lusitania in Spain, on the S. coast. It was the first station W. of
• Baltia Three days' sail from the coast of Scythia lay an island of immense magnitude, called Balt
• Banacha a city of that part of Arabia Petraea which was situated towards Mesopotamia. (Ptol. 5.19.
• Banasa a colony of Mauretania Tingitana, founded by Augustus, and bearing the epithet of Valentia
• Banatia a town of the Vacomagi, mentioned by Ptolemy (2.3.13). Name for name, it coincides with Be
• Bandusiae Fons Fons a fountain in Apulia, a few miles from Venusia, celebrated by Horace in a beautiful a
• Banizomenes Banizomenes a maritime tribe of the western coast of Arabia, towards the north of the Red
• Bantia a small town about 13 miles SE. of Venusia. Pliny reckons the Bantini among the Lucanians;
• Banubari Banubari (Eth. Βανούβαροι), a people of the west coast of Arabia, situated between the Dar
• Baphyras or BAPHYRUS (Βαφύρας), a small river of Macedonia, flowing by Dium through marshes into th
• Barate on the road from Iconium (Koniyeh) to Tyana, and 50 M. P. from Iconium. Hamilton found on
• Barbana a river of Illyria, rising in the Bebian Mountains, flows through the lake Labeatis, and f
• Barbariana 1. A town in the extreme S. of Hispania Baetica, 10 M. P. from CALPE on the road to Malaca
• Barbarium PR. (Βαρβάριον ἄκρον, Ptol. 2.5.4; C. S. Vincent), the extreme SW. headland of Lusitania,
• Barbesula (Βαρβησόλα, a town on the coast of Hispania Baetica, a little E. of Calpe, on a river of t
• Barbosthenes a mountain in Laconia, said by Livy to have been 10 M.P. from Sparta, was situated NE. of
• Barca or BARCE (Βάρκη, ἡ πόλις Βαρκέων, Scyl., Eth. Βαρκαῖος, Barcaeus; also in the form Βαρκαῖα
• Barcaei Barcaei (Eth. Βαρκαῖοι), the people of BARCA This is made a separate article for the purpo
• Barcino BARCENO (Itin. Ant. pp. 390, 398), in the later writers BARCELO (Avien. Or. Mar. 520) and
• Barderate a town of Liguria, included by Pliny (3.5. s. 7) among the nobilia oppida of the interior
• Barea a town of the Bastuli, on the coast of Spain, in the extreme SE., reckoned as belonging to
• Bargasa a city of Caria. The Ethnic name is given by Stephanus on the authority of Apollonius in h
• Bargusii Bargusii (Eth. Βαργούσιοι), one of the lesser peoples E. of the Ilergetes, in Hispania Tar
• Bargylia a city of Caria (Steph. s. v.), which the Carians name Andanus, calling it a foundation of
• Baris a mountain of Armenia, situated, according to Nicholas of Damascus (J. AJ 1.3.26), near th
• Barium a maritime city of Apulia, situated on the coast of the Adriatic, about 75 miles from Brun
• Barna a small village at which the fleet of Nearchus halted for a short time. It was the next pl
• Barnus a town on the Via Egnatia, and apparently upon the confines of Illyria and Macedonia, betw
• Barsampse a place mentioned by Ptolemy (5.18.5.) as being on the E. bank of the Euphrates. Lat. 36°
• Basa or BASAG, a place on the south coast of Arabia, mentioned only by Pliny (6.28. s. 32), per
• Basanites Mons Mons (Βασανίτου λίθου ὄρος, Ptol. 4.5.27), formed a portion of the rocky boundary of the N
• Basante a town in Lower Pannonia, called ad Basante in Peutinger. Table, whereas in several Itiner
• Bashan sometimes represented as identical with Batanaea; but as Bashan was comprehended in the co
• Basilia 1. (Basel, or Bâle), in the Swiss canton of Bâle, is first mentioned by Ammianus Marcellin
• Basilia The island which Pytheas called Abalus, Timaeus called Basilia. (Plin. Nat. 37.7. s. 11.)
• Basilis a town of Arcadia in the district Parrhasia, on the Alpheius, said to have been founded by
• Basta a town of Calabria, described by Pliny (3.11. s. 16) as situated between Hydruntum and the
• Bastarnae or BASTERNAE (Βαστέρναι), one of the most powerful tribes of Sarmatia Europaea, first beca
• Bastetani Bastetani, BASTITANI, BASTULI (Βαστητανοί, Βαστιτανοί, Βαστοῦλοι), according to Strabo, we
• Bata a village and harbour in Sarmatia Asiatica, on the Euxine, 400 stadia S. of Sinda, and nea
• Batanaea a district to the NE. of Palestine, situated between Gaulonitis (which bounded Galilee on
• Batava Castra Castra (Passau), also called Batavinum oppidum, a town or rather a fort in Vindelicia, at
• Batavi Batavi or BATAVI (Βατουοί, Βατάουοι), for the Romans seem to have pronounced the name both
• Batavodurum a place on the Rhine (Tac. Hist. 5.20), where the Romans had a legion, the Secunda, during
• Batavorum OPPIDUM, is mentioned in Tacitus (Tac. Hist. 5.19), as it stands in most texts. Civilis, a
• Bathos a place of Arcadia in the district Parrhasia, between Trapezus and Basilis. Near to a neig
• Bathynias a river in Thrace, emptying itself into the Propontis not far from Byzantium. (Plin. Nat.
• Bathys a small river on the coast of Pontus, 75 stadia north of the Acampsis (Arr. p. 7), and of
• Batiae a town of Thesprotia in Epeirus, mentioned along with Elateia, and situated in the interio
• Batiana in Gallia Narbonensis, is placed in the Table between Acunum (Ancone) and Valentia (Valenc
• Batini Batini (Βατεινοί), a German tribe, which Ptolemy (2.11.20) places between Mount Sudeta and
• Batinus a river of Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny (3.13. s. 18), who places it between the Voman
• Batnae . 1. A town of Osroene. This name of Syriac origin is found in the Arabic, and means a pla
• Batrasabbes a town of the Omani (now Omàn) in Arabia, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and near to Ca
• Batulum a town of Campania, mentioned by Virgil (Aen. 7.739) in conjunction with Rufrae and Celenn
• Baudobrica is placed in the Table, where it is named Bontobrice, above Confluentes (Coblenz) at the j
• Bauli Bauli (Βαῦλοι), a place on the coast of Campania, between Baiae and Cape Misenum. It was m
• Bautae is placed in the Antonine Itin., on a road from Darantasia (Moutiers en Tarentaise) to Gen
• Bautes BAUTIS, or BAUTISUS (Βαύτης, Βαύτισος: Hoang-ho or Yellow River), one of the two chief riv
• Bavo or BOA (Cod. Theod. 16. tit. 5. s. 53; also Boae, Amm. Marc. 22.3; Boia, Ant. Itin. p. 523
• Bazira or BEZIRA, a fort of the Assaceni, at the S. foot of M. Paropamisus, taken by Alexander on
• Bazium a pro montory which formed the southern extremity of Foul Bay (Sinus Immundus), and appear
• Beatia BIATIA (Βιατία, Ptol. 2.6.9), or VIATIA (Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4), a city of the Oretani in H
• Bebryces . 1. A nation on the Pontus in Asia. Stephanus (s. v. Βυσναῖοι) also mentions the Bysnaei
• Becheires Becheires (Βέχειρες, Βέχειροι), a barbarous tribe on the coast of the Pontus (Apollon. 2.3
• Beda a position placed on the road between Augusta Trevirorum (Trier) and Cologne, 12 Gallic le
• Bedaium or BIDAIUM (Βάδακον), a town in Noricum. (Ptol. 2.14.3; Itin. Ant. pp. 236, 257, 258; Tab.
• Bedriacum or BEBRIACUM (the orthography of the name is very uncertain, but the best MSS. of Tacitus
• Beer mentioned only once in Scripture (Judges. 9.21). It is placed by Eusebius and St. Jerome i
• Beeroth the plural form of Beer, signifies Wells. It is placed by Eusebius at the distance of seve
• Beersheba The Well of the Oath; so named from an incident in the life of Abraham (Gen. 21.25, &c.),
• Begorritis Lacus Lacus mentioned only by Livy (42.53), was situated in Eordaea in Macedonia, and probably d
• Belbina a small island, very lofty and difficult of access, situated at the entrance of the Saroni
• Belea a place which, is mentioned in the Antonine Itin., between Genabum, Orléans, and Brivoduru
• Belemina BELMINA, or BELBINA (Βελεμίνα, Βέλμινα, Βελβίνα: Eth. Βελβινήτης, Steph. B. sub voce a tow
• Belendi Belendi a people of Aquitania, mentioned by Pliny (4.19), whose name appears to be preserv
• Belerium the Land's End, in Britain. Belerium is the form in Diodorus Siculus (5.21). Ptolemy (2.3.
• Belgae Caesar (Caes. Gal. 1.1) makes the Belgae, by which he means the country of the Belgae, one
• Belgae A British population, is first mentioned under the name of Belgae by Ptolemy (2.3.28). Cae
• Belisama in Britain, mentioned by Ptolemy (2.3.2) as south of Morecambe (Morecame Bay), and, conseq
• Belli Belli (Βελλοί), one of the smaller tribes of the Celtiberi, in Hispania Tarraconensis, wit
• Bellintum a place in Gallia, marked in the Jerusalem Itin. between Avignon and Arles. The distance i
• Bellovaci Bellovaci (Eth. Βελλοάκοι, Eth. Strabo, p. 195), a Belgic people, the first of the Belgae
• Belon or BAELON (Βαίλων, Ptol. 2.4.5; Marc. Herac. p. 40; Geogr. Rav. 3.42; coins), a city on th
• Belsinum a place marked in the Antonine Itin. between Climberris (Auch) and Lugdunum Convenarum (St
• Belsinum a city of the Celtiberians, in Hispania Tarraconensis, afterwards called Vivarium. Its sit
• Belunum or BELLUNUM (Βελοῦνον), a considerable town in the interior of Venetia, still called Bellu
• Belus called also Pagida by Pliny (5.19), a small river of Palestine, described by Pliny as taki
• Benacus Lacus Lacus (Βήνακος λίμνη, Strab.: Βαίνακος, Ptol.), a lake in Cisalpine Gaul, at the foot of t
• Benamerium a village of Palestine to the north of Zorah (q. v.) mentioned only by Eusebius and St. Je
• Bene a town of Crete, in the neighbourhood of Gortyn, to which it was subject, only known as th
• Beneharnum a place first mentioned in the Antonine Itin. It is placed 19 Gallic leagues, or 28 1/2 M.
• Beneventum one of the chief cities of Samnium, and at a later period one of the most important cities
• Benna or BENA (Βέννα: Eth. Βενναῖος, Steph. B. sub voce a town in Thrace, from which one of the
• Benna seems to have been a place in Phrygia Epictetus, between Kutaieh and Azani, as is inferred
• Bercorates Bercorates a people of Aquitania (Plin. Nat. 4.19), or Bercorcates in Harduin‘s text. The
• Berebis BOREVIS and VEREIS (Βερβίς), a town in Lower Pannonia, identified by some with the modern
• Berecyntus a city of Phrygia, according to Stephanus (s. v.). But this town, and the Castellum Berecy
• Beregra a town of Picenum, mentioned both by Pliny and Ptolemy among the places in the interior of
• Berenice 1. (Βερενίκη, Strab. xvi. p.770, xvii. p. 815; Plin. Nat. 6.23, 26, 29, 33; Steph. B. sub
• Berenice A Cilician city of this name is mentioned by Stephanus (s. v. Βερενίκη); and in the Stadia
• Berenice a town in Arabia, the name by which Ezion-Geber was called in the time of Josephus. (Ant.
• Berga a town of Macedonia, lying inland from the mouth of the Strymon (Scymnus Ch. 654; Ptol. 3.
• Bergintrum a place on the Gallic side of the pass of the Alpes Graiae, lying on the road marked in th
• Bergistani Bergistani a small people of Hispania Tarraconensis, who revolted from the Romans in the w
• Bergomum a city of Cisalpine Gauil,,situated at the foot of the Alps, between Brixia and the Lacus
• Bergule BERGULAE, VIRGULAE or BERGULIUM (Βεργούλη, Βεργούιον: Dsjatal-Borgas,) a town in Thrace, w
• Bergusium or BERGUSIA, in Gallia, on the road between Vienna (Vienne) and a place named, Augustum. T
• Beris or BIRES (Βῆρις, Βίρης), a river of Pontus, which Arrian places 60 stadia from the Thoaris
• Bermius Mons Mons (τὸ Βέρμιον ὄρος: Vérria), a range of mountains in Macedonia, between the Haliacmon a
• Beroea 1. (Βέροια, Βέρροια: Eth. Βεροαῖος, Steph. B. sub voce Beroeus, Liv. 23.39: Verria), a cit
• Berones Berones or VERONES (Βήπωνες), a people in the N. of Hispania Tarraconensis, along the uppe
• Berotha mentioned only by Josephus as a city of Upper Galilee, not far from Cadesh (Naphthali) (An
• Berya a town in Apamene, according to the Peutinger Tables, SE. of Antioch, 25 M. P. from Chalci
• Berytus (Βηρυτός, Berŷtus and Berȳtus: Eth. Βηρύτιος, Eth. Berytensis, Eth. Berytius, Steph. B. su
• Besbicus a small island in the Propontis, in the neighbourhood of Cyzicus. (Steph. B. sub voce Βέσβ
• Beseda an inland city of the Castellani, in Hispania Tarraconensis. (Ptol. 2.6.71; coins, ap. Ses
• Besippo or BAESIPPO (Βαισίππω), a city of the Turdetani, on or near the S. coast of Hispania Baeti
• Besor a brook in the south of Palestine, between the town of Ziklag (assigned to David by Achish
• Bessa a town in Locris, so called from its situation in a wooded glen, mentioned by Homer, but w
• Bessi Bessi (Βησσοί), a Thracian tribe occupying the country about the rivers Axius, Strymon, an
• Betasii Betasii a people mentioned by Tacitus. In the war with Civilis, Claudius Labeo, a Batavian
• Bethabara mentioned in St. John's Gospel (1.28) as the place of our Lord's Baptism. It is placed by
• Bethagla a town of Palestine, in the plain of Jericho, on the borders between the tribes of Judah a
• Bethammaria a town on the W. bank of the Euphrates, the Betamnali of the Peutinger Tables, 14 M. P. fr
• Bethany a village 15 stadia from Jerusalem, at the eastern foot of the Mount of Olives, remarkable
• Bethar a city celebrated in the history of the Jewish revolt under Hadrian (A.D. 131) as the last
• Betharamathum identical with Amathus in Peraea (q. v.), as is proved by a comparison of Josephus, J. AJ
• Betharamphtha a city of Peraea, which Herod Antipas encompassed with a wall, and changed its name to JUL
• Bethaven commonly supposed to be identical with Bethel, so called after that city had become the sc
• Bethdagon . Two cities of this name occur in the lists in the book of Joshuac, one situated in the t
• Bethel a border city of the tribe of Ephraim, for the northern boundary of Benjamin passed south
• Bethhaccarem mentioned by Jeremiah (6.1.) as the place where the beacon fire should be lighted to give
• Bethhogla [BETHAGLAO.] BETHt-JESIMOTH (Eus. Βηθασιμούθ, LXX. Βαιτθασεινώθ, Ἀσειμώθ, Αἰσιμώθ), one of
• Bethiulia a strong city of Samaria, situated on the mountain range at the south of the Plain of Esdr
• Bethlehem BETHLEEM (Βαιθλεέμ, Βηθλεέμ, Βηθλεεμίτης), a town of the tribe of Judah, six miles south o
• Bethlehem a city of the tribe of Zebulun. (Josh. 19.15). The site and name are preserved in the mode
• Bethleptepha one of the ten toparchies of Judaea proper, the Bethleptephene of Pliny (5.14). It was app
• Bethmarcaboth or Beth-hamarkaboth (Josh. 19.5) (Βαιθμαριμώθ, Βαιθμαχερέβ). A city of the tribe of Simeon
• Bethogabris or BETHAGABRA (Βαιτογαβρά, Ptol., Βαιθγαύρη), the Betogabri of the Peutinger tables, betwe
• Bethoron . There were two cities of this name in the northern border of the tribe of Benjamin (Josh
• Bethphage a place on Mount Olivet, between Bethany and Jerusalem (St. Matth. 21.1; St. Luke, 19.29);
• Bethsaida . 1. A town of Galilee, situated on the Sea of Tiberias. (St. John, 12.21; St. Mark, 6.45,
• Bethsan or SCYTHOPOLIS, a city of the Manassites, but locally situated in the tribe of Issachar. (
• Bethshemesh a priestly city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15.10, 45, 21.16), whe
• Betonim a city of the tribe of Gad, apparently in the northern border, near the Jabbok. The place
• Beudos Vetus Vetus a town of Phrygia, which Livy (38.15), when describing the march of Manlius, places
• Beve a town in Lynccstis in Macedonia, situated on the river Bevus, a tributary of the Erigon,
• Bezabda a Roman fortress situated on a low sandy island in the Tigris, at about 60 miles below the
• Bezek a city of the Canaanites at the time of the entering in of the children of Israel; the cap
• Bezer the southernmost of the three cities of refuge, on the east of Jordan, in the wilderness,
• Biabanna a town in the interior of Arabia Felix, 76° 30′, 23° 0′ of Ptolemy. Identical in position
• Bibacta an island two stadia from the coast of Gedrosia, and opposite to a harbour named by Nearch
• Bibe a place in Gallia, which the Table fixes between Calagum (Chailli) and Durocortorum (Reims
• Bibracte the chief town of the Aedui, as it is called by Caesar (Caes. Gal. 1.23; 7.55, 63), is the
• Bibrax a town of the Remi, viii M. P. distant from the camp of Caesar, which was on the Axona (Ai
• Bida an inland city of Mauretania Caesariensis, 40 M. P. W. of Tubusuptus. The Notitia Imperii
• Bidis a small town of Sicily, mentioned by Cicero (Cic. Ver. 2.22), who relates at length the pe
• Biducesii Biducesii a Gallic people mentioned by Ptolemy. Walckenaer affirms that D'Anville has impr
• Biennus a small city of Crete which the coast-describer (Geogr. Graec. Minor. ed. Gail, vol. ii. p
• Biessi Biessi (Eth. Βίεσσοι, Ptol. 3.5.20), a people of Sarmatia Europaea, on the N. slope of M.
• Bigerra a city of the Bastetani, in the E. of Hispania Baetica. (Liv. 24.41; Ptol. 2.6.61.) Ukert
• Bigerriones Bigerriones a people of Aquitania, who, among others, surrendered to Crassus, the legatus
• Bilbilis the second city of the Celtiberi in Hispania Tarraconensis, next in importance to Segobrig
• Billaeus a river of Bithynia, which is the modern Filyás. [BITHYNIA] Near the mouth of the river wa
• Bingium a Roman station on the Rhine, at the junction of the Nava (Nahe) and the Rhine. It is ment
• Birtha 1. (Βίρθα, Ptol. 5.18; Virta, Amm. Marc. 20.7.17: Tekrít), an ancient fortress on the Tigr
• Bis a small town placed by Isidorus in a district of Aria, called by him Anabon (Ἀνάβων). It s
• Bisaltia a district in Macedonia, extending from the river Strymon and the lake Cercinitis, on the
• Bisanthe a great city in Thrace, on the coast of the Propontis, which had been founded by the Samia
• Bistones Bistones (Βίστονες or Βίστωνες, Steph. B. sub voce Βιστονία), a Thracian people occupying
• Bistonis a great Thracian lake in the country of the Bistones, from whom it derived its name. (Stra
• Bitaxa a town in Aria, perhaps the same as the Βίς of Isidorus (p. 8), if, indeed, there were two
• Bithynia a division of Asia Minor, which occupied the eastern part of the coast of the Propontis, t
• Bithynium a city in the interior of Bithynia, lying above Tins, as Strabo (p. 565) describes it, and
• Bituriges Bituriges Livy (5.34) represents the Bituriges as the chief people of Gallia Celtica in th
• Bituriges Vivisci Bituriges Vivisci Strabo (p. 190) says that the Garonne flows between the Bituriges called
• Bizone a town of Lower Moesia on the coast of the Euxine, between Callatis and Apollonia, which i
• Bizya a town in Thrace, the capital of the tribe of the Asti. (Steph. Byz. s. v.; Solin. 10; Pli
• Blaene a fertile tract which Strabo (p. 562) places in the neighbourhood of the range of Olgamys.
• Blanda a city of Lucania, mentioned by Ptolemy among the inland towns of that province; but place
• Blandona or BLANONA (Βλανῶνα, Ptol. 2.17.10), a town of Liburnia in Illyricum, on the road between
• Blariacum is placed in the Table between Atuaca, which is supposed to be Caesar's Aduatuca (Tongern)
• Blascon . Strabo (p. 181) places this small island close to the Siitam hill, or Sitium, as it shou
• Blatum Bulgium Bulgium in Britain, one of the stations of the Itinerary. Lying immediately north of Luguv
• Blaudus a place in Phrygia, mentioned by Stephanus (s. v. Βλαῦδος) and Strabo (p. 567). Speaking o
• Blaundus a place in Phrygia, probably the Blaeandrus of Ptolemy. Hamilton (Researches, &c. vol. i.
• Blavia on the right bank of the Garonne, and on the road from Burdigala (Bordeaux) to Mediolanum
• Blemyes (Βλέμυες, Steph. B. sub voce Strab. xvii. p.819; Blemyae, Plin. Nat. 5.8.8, § 44, 46; Soli
• Blera a city of Etruria, mentioned both by Pliny and Strabo among those which were still existin
• Blucium a place in Galatia, in the division of the Tolistobogii. It was the residence of the Galli
• Boactes a river of Liguria, mentioned only by Ptolemy, who describes it as a confluent of the Macr
• Bocanum Hemerum Hemerum (Βοκανὸν ἥμερον), mentioned by Ptolemy (4.1.15) among the inland cities of Maureta
• Bodiontici Bodiontici a Gallic people described by Pliny (3.4) under Gallia Narbonensis. He observes
• Boeae a town in the south of Laconia, situated between the promontories Malea and Onugnathos, in
• Boebe (Βοίβη, Steph. B. sub voce a town in Crete, of which we only know that it was in the Gorty
• Boebe a town of Magnesia in Thessaly, mentioned by Homer, and situated on the eastern side of th
• Boeotia one of the political divisions of Greece, lying between Attica and Megaris on the south, a
• Boii Boii a Celtic people (Eth. Βοῖος) who emigrated from Transalpine Gaul to Italy in company
• Boii Boii a people of Cisalpine Gaul, who migrated from Transalpine Gaul, as mentioned above. T
• Boiodurum a town or fort in Noricum, opposite to Batava Castra, at the point where the Inn (Aenus) e
• Boiohemum the name of the country in which Maroboduus resided. (Vell. 2.109.) The meaning of the nam
• Boium a town of Doris, and one of the original towns of the Doric tetrapolis, the ruins of which
• Bola or BOLAE (Βῶλα: Eth. Βωλανός, Eth. Bolanus), an ancient city of Latium, which is repeatedl
• Bolax a town of Triphylia in Elis, which surrendered to Philip in the Social War. Its site is un
• Bolbe 1. (ἡ Βόλβη λίμνη), a lake in Mygdonia in Macedonia, at no great distance from the sea. (A
• Bolbene a district of Armenia Major, which Ptolemy (5.13) places to the W. Eustathius, in his comm
• Bolbitine was a town of the Delta, en the Bolbitic arm of the Nile [NILUS]. It corresponds to the mo
• Bolei Bolei (οἱ Βολεοί), the name of a stone structure in the district Hermionis, in Argolis. It
• Bomium in Britain, mentioned in the Itinerary as lying between Nedum (Neath) and Isea Legionum (C
• Bonchnae (Βόγχναι, Steph. B. sub voce a tribe of Mesopotamia, adjoining the Carrheni, according to
• Bonconica a town on the left bank of the Rhine, placed by the Itineraries between Moguntiacum (Maien
• Bonna a town of the Ubii, on the left bank of the Rhine. The sameness of name and the distances
• Bononia an ancient and important city of Cispadane Gaul, situated on the river Rhenus, immediately
• Bononia . 1. (Banostor?) a fort built by the Romans in Pannonia, opposite to Onagrinum on the Danu
• Boon a cape and port on the coast of Pontus (Arrian, p. 417), 90 stadia east of Cape Jasonium.
• Boosura . Strabo (xiv. p.683), in his account of Cyprus, mentions this place along with Treta, as
• Borbetomagus the chief town of the Vangiones, who were on the left bank of the Rhine south of Mainz. Th
• Boreum BORION (Βόρειον ἄκρον). 1. (Ras Teyonas), a promontory on the W. coast of Cyrenaica, formi
• Borgodi Borgodi a tribe of Arabians, on the east of the Peninsula. (Pliny, 6.28.32.) From their ne
• Borsippa a town in Babylonia, according to Strabo, but according to Stephanus, a city of the…
• Borysthenes BORUSTHIENES (Inscr. ap. Gruter. pp. 297, 453), after-wards DANAPRIS (Δάναπρις: Dnieper, D
• Bosara a town of the Sachalitae (Ptol. 6.7), at the south-east of Arabia, near the Didymi Montes.
• Bosporus Cimmerius Cimmerius (Βόσπορος Κιμμέριος, Hdt. 4.12,100; Adj. Κιμμερικός, Strab.; Polyb.: Strait of Y
• Bosporus Thracius Thracius, BOSPORUS (Βόσπορος Θρᾴκιος: Eth. Βοσπόριος, Eth. Βοσπορία, Βοσποριανός, Βοσπορην
• Bostra a city of Arabia, in an oasis of the Syrian…
• Bostrenus the graceful river upon whose waters Sidon was situated. (Dionys. Per. 913.) The stream ri
• Boterdum a place near Bilbilis, in Hispania Tarraconensis, only mentioned by Martial (12.18. 10 - 1
• Botiaeium a city of Phrygia, on a lake Attaea, which produces salt. As the lake is in Phrygia, and a
• Botrys a town of Phoenicia, upon…
• Bovianum a city of Samnium, situated in the very heart of that country, close to the sources of the
• Bovillae an ancient city of Latium, situated on the Appian Way about 12 miles from Rome. It is one
• Bovium a place in Britain, ten miles, according to the Itinerary, from Deva (Chester), in the dir
• Boxum a place in Gallia, on the road between Aquae Nisineii (Bourbon l'Anci), and Augustodunum (
• Bracara Augusta Augusta (Βραίκαρ Αὐγουστα, Ptol. 2.6.39; Augusta Bracaria, Geog. Rav. 4.43; Braga, Ru.), a
• Braccium The following inscription found at Brugh, near Askrigg, has suggested the word Bracchium,
• Brachmanes Brachmanes (Βραχμᾶνες, Steph. B. sub voce: in other writers generally in the genitive, τὸ
• Brachodes a promontory on the E. coast of Byzacium, in N. Africa, forming the N. headland of the Les
• Bradanus a river of Lucania, the name of which is found only in the Itinerary of Antoninus (p. 104)
• Branchidae . After Poseideion, the promontory in the territory of the Milesians, is the oracle of Apo
• Branchidae a small town in Sogdiana which Alexander the Great destroyed, because it was said to have
• Brannodunum in Britain, mentioned in the Notitia as being under the Comes Littoris Saxonici per Britan
• Brannogenium a place in Britain, mentioned by Ptolemy (2.3.18) as a town of the Ordovices. H. Horsely a
• Brannovices Brannovices or BRANNOVII, a Gallic people mentioned by Caesar (Caes. Gal. 7.75). D'Anville
• Brattia an island off the Dalmatian coast of Illyricum. (Plin. Nat. 3.26. s. 30; Tab. Pent.; It. A
• Bratuspantium a town of the Bellovaci. Caesar (Caes. Gal. 2.13), in B.C. 57, marched from the territory
• Bravinnium in Britain, mentioned in the Itinerary; and probably Leintwardine, in Shropshire. Placed,
• Bregaetium BREGETIO, BRIGITIO, BREGENTIO or BREGENTIUM (Βρέγαιτιον), one of the chief towns in Lower
• Bremenium in Britain, is simply mentioned in Ptolemy as a city of the Ottadini. It appears also in t
• Brenthe a town of Arcadia in the district Cynuria, near the right bank of the river Alpheius, and
• Breuci Breuci (Βρευκοῖ), a tribe in Lower Pannonia. (Ptol. 2.16.3; Strab. vii. p.314.) Their war
• Breuni Breuni, BREONES or BRIONES (Βρεῦνοι), a Raetian tribe dwelling in the north of the modern
• Breviodurum in Gallia, is placed in the Antonine Itin. on a road between Juliobona (Lillebonne), in th
• Briana a place in Phrygia Pacatiana, in the list of Hierocles. Its existence is confirmed by the
• Bricinniae a small town of Sicily, mentioned by Thucydides, who calls it a fortress or stronghold (ἔρ
• Brigaecini Brigaecini (Βριγαικινοί, Ptol. 2.6.30), a tribe of the ASTURES in Hispania Tarraconensis,
• Brigantes Brigantes (Βρίγαντες). 1. A people of Britain, the subjects of Cartismandua, reduced by Os
• Brigantii Brigantii (Eth. Βριγάντιοι), a tribe of the Vindelici, on the eastern shore of the Lacus B
• Brigantinus Lacus Lacus (Bodensee, or Lake of Constanz), also called Lacus Brigantiae (Amm. Marc. 15.4), whi
• Brigantium is marked in the Table as the first: place in Gallia after Alpis Cottia (Mont Genèvre). At
• Brigantium an important seaport town of the Callaïci Lucenses, on the Magnus or Artabrorum…
• Brige a place in Britain, mentioned in the Itinerary between Venta Belgarum (Winchester) and Sor
• Brigiani Brigiani an Alpine people, whose name occurs in the trophy of the Alps which is preserved
• Brigiosum a place in Gallia, on the road between Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes) and Limonum (Poictier
• Briniates Briniates a Ligurian tribe, known to us only from a passage in Livy (41.19), from which we
• Brisoana a small river on the coast of Persia, described by Arrian as a winter torrent, near which
• Britanni Britanni Pliny (4.17) places Britanni on the Gallic coast, between a people who belong to
• BRITANNICAE INSULAE or BRITANNIA INSULAE or BRITANNIA. BRITANNICAE INSULAE (Νῆσοι Βρεταννικαὶ, Aristot. de Mund. 3; Ptol. 2
• Briula a place in Lydia (Strab. p. 650; Plin. Nat. 5.29), in the neighbourhood of Nysa. Its posit
• Briva Isarae Isarae (Pontoise), or the bridge of, the Isara, is near to the site of Pontoise, which is
• Brivas a town of the Arverni, is mentioned by Sidonius Apollinaris (Carm. 24.16):-- Hinc te susci
• Brivates Portus Portus (Βριουάτης λιμήν), a place in Gallia, is fixed by Ptolemy (2.8.1) between the mouth
• Brivodurum a place on a river, as the name imports. The place is perhaps Briare, on the right bank of
• Brixellum or BRIXILLUM (Βρίξελλον, Ptol.; Βρίξιλλον, Plut.: Eth. Brixillanus, Inscr.: Brescello), a
• Brixia a city of Cisalpine Gaul, in the territory of the Cenomani, between Bergomum and Verona. I
• Brocomagus a town of the Tribocci, on the road from Argentoratum (Strassburg) to Cologne. It is Βρευκ
• Brodiontii Brodiontii a people mentioned by Pliny (3.20. s. 24) in the inscription from the trophy of
• Bromagus in the Antonine Itin., Viromagus in the Table, is between Mennodunum (supposed to be Moudo
• Bromiscus a town of Mygdonia in Macedonia, near the river by which the waters of the lake Bolbe flow
• Bructeri Bructeri (Eth. Βρούκτεροι), a great German tribe on the river Amasia (Ems), which is first
• Brundisium or BRUNDUSIUM (Βρεντέσιον: Eth. Βρεντεσῖνος, Brundusinus or Brundisinus: Brindisi), one of
• Bruttii Bruttii (Eth. Βρέττιος), a people who inhabited the southern extremity of Italy, from the
• Bruzus probably in Phrygia. Cramer (Asia Minor, vol. ii. p. 55) refers to this place a coin with
• Bryanium a town of Macedonia, in the district Deuriopus in Paeonia. Stephanus erroneously calls it
• Brygi Brygi (Eth. Βρύγοι), called BRIGES (Βρίγες) by the Macedonians, a Thracian people dwelling
• Bryllion a city on the Propontis in Bithynia. Stephanus reports that it was Cius, according to Epho
• Bryseae (Βρυσειαί, Hom. Il. 2.583; Βρυσεαί, Paus. 3.20.3; Βρυσιαί, Steph. B. sub voce a town of La
• Buana a city of Armenia, about the site of which there has been considerable difference of opini
• Bubassus a town in Caria. Ephorus, according to Stephanus, wrote Βύβασστον and Βυβάστιον; and Diodo
• Bubastis or BUBASTUS (Βούβαστις, Hdt. 2.59, 137; Βούβαστος, Strab. xvii. p.805; Diod. 16.51; Plin.
• Bubentum a city of Latium, mentioned by Dionysius (5.61) as one of the thirty which composed the La
• Bubon . Stephanus (s. v. Βούβων) observes that Bubon and Balbura are cities of Lycia: the Ethnic
• Buca a city of the Frentani on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It is mentioned by all the geogra
• Bucephala or BUCEPHALIA (τὰ Βουκέφαλα, Arrian, Anab. 5.29; Ptol. 7.1.46; ἡ Βουκεφάλη, Arrian, Anab.
• Bucephala a promontory of Argolis, lying a little S. of Scyllaeum, in Troezenia, having three island
• Bucephalus a promontory of Corinthia, with a port of the same name, situated S. of Cenchreae, which m
• Buces or BUGES LACUS (Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 26), BYCE or BYCES (ἡ Βύκη λίμνη, Ptol. 4.5. § § 9, 10
• Buchaetium a city of the Cassopaei in Thesprotia, a little above the sea. (Strab. l.c.) It is…
• Bucinna is mentioned by Pliny (3.8. s. 14) among the small islands on the W. coast of Sicily As he
• Bucinobantes Bucinobantes a German tribe of the Alemanni, which appears to have occupied the country on
• Bucolion a place in Arcadia of uncertain site, to which the Mantineians retreated, when they were d
• Bucolorum Urbs Urbs (Βουκόλων πόλις), a town on the sea-coast of Palestine, between Ace (Acre) and Strato
• Budalia a town in Lower Pannonia, not far from Sirmium, was the birthplace of the emperor Decius.
• Budeium a town of Thessaly mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 16.572), called BUDEIA (Βούδεια) by later
• Budii Budii (Eth. Βούδιοι, Hdt. 1.101; Steph. B. sub voce. Herodotus mentions among the tribes b
• Budini Budini (Eth. Βουδῖνοι), a people of Sarmatia Asiatica, according to the division of the la
• Budroae two rocks rather than islands, which Pliny (4.12. s. 20) couples with Leuce (Hághios Thëod
• Bulis a town of Phocis, on the frontiers of Boeotia, situated upon a hill, and distant 7 stadia
• Bulla Regia Regia (Βούλλα Ῥηγία, Ptol. 8.14.10, corrupted into Βουλλαρία, Ptol. 4.3.30; Boul, Ru.), an
• Bullis or BYLLIS (Βουλλίς, Ptol. 3.13.4; Βύλλις, Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Βυλλινοί, Scylax; Bylli
• Bumadus a small stream in Assyria about sixty stadia from Arbela. The name is met with in the MSS.
• Buphagium a town of Arcadia, in the district Cynuria, situated near the sources of the river Buphagu
• Buphia a village in Sicyonia, mentioned by Stephanus (s. v.) is probably the same place as PHOEBI
• Buporthmus a lofty promontory of Argolis, running out into the sea near Hermione. On it was a temple
• Buprasium a town of Elis, and the ancient capital of the Epeii, frequently mentioned by Homer, was s
• Bura a town of Achaia, and one of the 12 Achaean cities, situated on a height 40 stadia from th
• Burchana called Fabaria, from a kind of wild beans growing there, was an island at the mouth of the
• Burdigala or BURDEGALA (Βουρδίγαλα: Bourdeaux or Borceaux), the chief town of the Bituriges Vivisci,
• Burginatium is placed by the Table and the Antonine Itin. between Colonia Trajana and Arenatio, or Har
• Burgundiones Burgundiones, BURGUNDII (Βουργουνδιῶνες, Βουργοῦνδοι, Βουργίωνες, Φρουγουνδιῶνες, Οὐρουγοῦ
• Burii Burii or BURI (Eth. Βοῦροι, Eth. Βοῦρροι), a German people, which is first mentioned by Ta
• Buruncus a station on the left bank of the Rhine, between Cologne and Novesium (Neuss). The first p
• Busiris the modern Busyr or…
• Buthoe or BUTUA (Βυθόη, Steph. B. sub voce Scylax, p. 9; Butua, Plin. Nat. 3.23. s. 26; Βουλούα,
• Buthrotum Eth. Buthrotius, a town of Thesprotia in Epirus, was situated upon. a peninsula at the hea
• Buticus Lacus Lacus (ἡ Βουτικὴ λίμνη, Strab. xvii. p.802), was one of the lagoons formed by the Nile nea
• BUTOS or BUTO or BUTO (ροῦτος Hdt. 2.59, 63, 155; Βουτώ, Steph. B. sub voce p. 183, s. v.: Eth. Βούτιος,
• Butrium a town of Gallia Cispadana, placed by Strabo on the road from Ravenna to Altinum. This is
• Butuntum an inland city of Apulia, distant 12 miles W. from Barium, and about 5 from the sea. From
• Buxentum called by the Greeks PYXUS (Πυξοῦς: Ptolemy however writes the name Βούξεντον: Eth. Πυξούν
• Byblos a city of Phoenicia, seated…
• Byblos a town of the Egyptian Delta, supposed by some to be the modern Babel. Byblos was seated i
• Bylazora the greatest city of Paeonia in Macedonia, was istuated on the Upper Axius, and near the p
• Byzacium BYZACENA (sc. regio provincia: Βυζάκιον, Procop. B. 5.2.23, de Aed. 6.6; ἡ Βυσακία, Steph.
• Byzeres Byzeres (Βύζηρες), a nation in Pontus. Stephanus (s. v.), who mentions the Byzeres, adds t