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- BabyloniaAncient Amorite-Akkadian state in Mesopotamia
- Babylonian captivityPeriod in Jewish history during the 6th century BCE
- Babylonian ChroniclesThe Babylonian Chronicles are a loosely-defined series of about 45 tablets recording major
- BactriaHistorical region in Central Asia
- Bactrian languageExtinct Eastern Iranian language of Asia
- BaiyueHistorical peoples in China and Vietnam
- BalistaBalista or Ballista (died c. 261), also known in the sources with the name of "Callistus",
- Bamboo AnnalsChronicle of ancient China (to 299 BC)
- Bantu expansionPostulated millennia-long series of migrations
- Bar Kokhba RevoltJewish rebellion against Roman rule (132–136 CE)
- Bar Kokhba weightBar Kokhba weights are weights that were used during the Bar Kokhba revolt. Of the seven w
- BaratarnaBarattarna, Parattarna, Paršatar, or Parshatatar is the first known King of Mitanni and is
- Barbaria (region)Ancient region
- BarbarianTerm originally for foreigners, later for people deemed uncivilized
- Barbarian kingdomsKingdoms established by barbarian tribes in the former Western Roman Empire
- Barberini ivoryThe Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late An
- BashkirsTurkic ethnic group
- Batis (commander)Batis (died 332 BC) was a eunuch and commander of the city of Gaza in the Achaemenid Empir
- Battle of ActiumNaval battle between Octavian and Mark Antony/Cleopatra (31 BC)
- Battle of Adys256 BC battle of the First Punic War
- Battle of Ager FalernusMilitary clash between Rome and Carthage
- Battle of Agrigentum262 BC naval battle between Carthage and Rome
- Battle of AlesiaPart of the Gallic Wars
- Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 1 to July 30, 30 BC between the forces of Octa
- Battle of annihilationMilitary strategy seeking total destruction of an enemy's military capacity
- Battle of ArelateThe Battle of Arles was fought in 458 near Arelate (Arles) between Western Roman Emperor M
- Battle of Arles (435)The Battle of Arles was fought between the Visigoths and the Western Roman Empire in 435.
- Battle of Arles (471)The Battle of Arles was fought between the Visigoths and the Western Roman Empire in 471.
- Battle of BaThe Battle of Ba was fought between the warlords Liu Bei and Cao Cao between December 215
- Battle of Beneventum (214 BC)Roman victory in the Second Punic War
- Battle of Beth Horon (166 BC)The Battle of Beth Horon or Battle with Seron was fought at some point between Spring 166
- Battle of Beth ZechariahThe Battle of Beth Zechariah took place around May 162 BC during the Maccabean revolt foug
- Battle of Beth ZurThe Battle of Beth Zur was fought between the Maccabees led by Judas Maccabeus (Judah Macc
- Battle of BowangThe Battle of Bowang, also known as the Battle of Bowang Slope, was fought between the war
- Battle of CannaeLargest battle of the Second Punic War (216 BC)
- Battle of CanusiumBattle in 209 BCE
- Battle of Cape EcnomusNaval battle of the First Punic War; possibly the largest in history
- Battle of Capua (212 BC)212 BC battle
- Battle of CarteiaLand battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Carteia (naval)206 BC naval battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Cirta203 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Cissa218 BC battle in Spain, part of the Second Punic War
- Battle of DecimomannuRoman victory during the Second Punic War
- Battle of DidaoThe Battle of Didao, also known as the Battle of Taoxi, was fought between the states of S
- Battle of Drepana249 BC Carthaginian naval victory in the First Punic War
- Battle of Ebro River217 BC naval battle between the Romans and the Carthaginians
- Battle of Faesulae (406)The Battle of Faesulae was fought in 406 as part of the War of Radagaisus between the Goth
- Battle of Fancheng (241)The Battle of Fancheng was a military offensive launched in 241 by the state of Eastern Wu
- Battle of GaugamelaMajor battle of the Wars of Alexander the Great (331 BC)
- Battle of GeroniumBattle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Herdonia (210 BC)210 BC battle in the Second Punic War
- Battle of Herdonia (212 BC)Battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of HormozdganBattle between Parthian and Sasanian dynasties in 224
- Battle of IberaBattle of the Second Punic War, fought in Spain
- Battle of Ilipa206 BC Second Punic War Roman victory in Spain
- Battle of InsubriaBattle in the Second Punic War
- Battle of Ipsus301 BC battle of the Wars of the Diadochi in Phrygia (modern Turkey)
- Battle of Issus333 BC battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III
- Battle of JuluThe Battle of Julu (Chinese: 鉅鹿之戰) was fought in Julu (in present-day Pingxiang County, Xi
- Battle of Kadesh1274 BC Egyptian-Hittite battle
- Battle of Lake Trasimene217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Lake TunisThe Battle of Lake Tunis was a series of engagements of the Third Punic War fought in 149
- Battle of LutetiaThe Battle of Lutetia was a battle on the plain of Grenelle in what is now Paris between R
- Battle of Marathon490 BC battle in the Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)Battle between Egypt and Canaanite rebels
- Battle of MuyeMid-10th Century BCE conquest of the Shang by Predynastic Zhou
- Battle of MylaeNaval battle in 260 BC
- Battle of NanpiThe Battle of Nanpi happened in the first month of 205, during the period known as the end
- Battle of Narbonne (436)The siege of Narbonne was a conflict between the Visigothic Foederati of Aquitania and the
- Battle of Nedao5th-century internal battle in the Hunnic Empire
- Battle of New Carthage209 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Nola (214 BC)214 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Nola (216 BC)216 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Numistro210 BC stalemate between Hannibal and Rome
- Battle of OctodurusThe battle of Octodurus took place in the winter of 57–56 BC in the Gallic town of Octodur
- Battle of OpisFinal battle between the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire
- Battle of PanormusBattle of the First Punic War, 250 BCE
- Battle of PengchengThe Battle of Pengcheng was fought in Pengcheng (present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China) in Ap
- Battle of Phintias249 BC battle near Sicily
- Battle of PicenumThe Battle of Picenum was one of the major battles of the Third Servile War, between the s
- Battle of Placentia (217 BC)217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of PlataeaLand battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece (479 BC)
- Battle of Qi MountainsThe Battle of Qi Mountains was fought in 214 CE between the forces of the warlords Cao Cao
- Battle of Red CliffsBattle on the Yangtze River (208 AD)
- Battle of Ruxu (213)The Battle of Ruxu, also known as the Battle of Ruxukou, was fought between the warlords C
- Battle of Ruxu (217)The Battle of Ruxu, also known as the Battle of Ruxukou, was fought between the warlords S
- Battle of Salamis480 BC naval battle of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of SapriportisThe Battle of Sapriportis was a naval clash that took place in 210 BC, during the Second P
- Battle of ShitingThe Battle of Shi'ting (literal meaning "stone pavilion") was fought between the states of
- Battle of Silva LitanaBattle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of SulciThe Battle of Sulci was a naval battle fought in 258 BC between the Roman and Carthaginian
- Battle of Tarentum (209 BC)Battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Tarentum (212 BC)Hannibal's capture of the city, Second Punic War
- Battle of the AegatesCarthage-Rome naval battle, 241 BCE
- Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)Battle of the First Punic War
- Battle of the Catalaunian PlainsPart of the Hunnic invasion of the Roman province of Gaul
- Battle of the Great Plains203 BC battle in the Second Punic War
- Battle of the HydaspesPart of the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
- Battle of the Lipari IslandsBattle between Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War
- Battle of the Metaurus207 BC battle during the Second Punic War
- Battle of the OenoparusThe Battle of the Oenoparus took place in 145 BC on the Oenoparus river (the modern Afrin
- Battle of the Polytimetus329 BCE Macedonian defeat in Central Asia
- Battle of the Rhône CrossingBattle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of the Silarius RiverThe Battle of the Silarius River was the final, decisive action of the Roman Servile Wars.
- Battle of the Silarus212 BC victory of Hannibal's army
- Battle of the Teutoburg ForestRoman defeat by Germanic tribes in 9 AD
- Battle of the TrebiaBattle of the Second Punic War, 218 BCE
- Battle of ThermaeThe Battle of Thermae was a field engagement during the First Punic War that took place in
- Battle of Thermopylae480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of Thymbra6th-century BC battle between Lydian Kingdom and Achaemenid Empire
- Battle of TicinusCarthaginian-Roman battle, 218 BCE
- Battle of Toulouse (458)The Battle of Toulouse was fought in the Gothic War between the Visigoths and the Western
- Battle of TyndarisThe Battle of Tyndaris was a naval battle of the First Punic War that took place off Tynda
- Battle of Utica (203 BC)Battle of the Second Punic War in 203 BC
- Battle of Victumulae217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
- Battle of Vosges (58 BC)The Battle of Vosges also referred to as the Battle of Vesontio was fought on September 14
- Battle of Xiangyang (191)The Battle of Xiangyang was fought between the warlords Sun Jian and Liu Biao in 191 in th
- Battle of XilingThe Battle of Xiling was fought between the states of Western Jin and Eastern Wu from Octo
- Battle of XingshiThe Battle of Xingshi was fought between the states of Cao Wei and Shu Han in 244 during t
- Battle of Yan ProvinceThe Battle of Yan Province was fought between the warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu for control o
- Battle of YangpingThe Battle of Yangping, also known as the Battle of Yangping Pass, was fought between the
- Battle of ZamaFinal battle of the Second Punic War (202 BC)
- Battles of KrotonBattles in 204 and 203 BC
- Bavand dynastyState in present-day northern Iran from 651 to 1349
- BeidaneEthnic group
- BeidiThe Di or Beidi (Northern Di) were various ethnic groups who lived north of the Chinese (H
- Bel-baniBel-bani or Bēl-bāni, inscribed mdEN-ba-ni, “the Lord is the creator,” was the king of Ass
- BelgaeHistorical Gallic-Germanic tribal confederation
- Benjamin of TiberiasBenjamin of Tiberias was a man of immense wealth, who enlisted and armed many soldiers dur
- BeruasBeruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and mukim in Manjung District, Perak,
- BhageerathBhageerath (reigned c. 385 – 410 CE) was a king of the Kadamba dynasty in South India. He
- Bit BahianiBit Baḫiani was an independent Aramean city-state kingdom (c. 1200 – 808 BC) with its capi
- Bituriges CubiThe Bituriges Cubi (Gaulish: Biturīges Cubi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in a territory c
- BlemmyesNortheast African people documented in late antiquity
- Blockade runnerMerchant ship used to evade a naval blockade
- Book of LiangThe Book of Liang (Liáng Shū) was compiled under Yao Silian and completed in 635. Yao heav
- Book of SuiThe Book of Sui (Chinese: 隋書; pinyin: Suí Shū) is the official history of the Sui dynasty,
- Bosporan KingdomGreco-Scythian state near Sea of Azov (c. 438 BC–c. AD 527)
- Brescia CasketThe Brescia Casket, also called the lipsanotheca of Brescia (in Italian lipsanoteca) or re
- BulgarsTurkic tribal confederation
- Bura cultureThe Bura culture (Bura system) refers to a set of archeological sites in the lower Niger R
- BurgundiansRoman-era Germanic peoples
- Burning of books and burying of scholarsQin dynasty purge of heterodoxy (213–212 BCE)
- Byzantine ItalyParts of Italy held by the Byzantine Empire