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- BaalSemitic title often used in reference to deities
- Baalat GebalTutelary goddess of Byblos
- Babi (mythology)Ancient Egyptian deity
- Bacchanal (horse)Bacchanal (4 March 1994 – 25 January 2003) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred
- BacchanaliaRoman cults of the wine god and seer Bacchus
- BagaudaeGroups of peasant insurgents in the later Roman Empire
- Bahram VShahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 420 to 438
- BaiaeAncient Roman town in Campania, Italy
- BalbinusRoman emperor in 238
- Balius and XanthusBalius (; Ancient Greek: Βάλιος, Balios, possibly "dappled") and Xanthus (; Ancient Greek:
- Balkan campaign of Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great's first military campaign as king of Macedon
- Band-e KaisarUNESCO World Heritage Site in Iran
- BanebdjedetAncient Egyptian deity
- Barbara Adams (Egyptologist)British egyptologist
- BasileusGreek title roughly meaning 'monarch'
- BasilicaType of building in classical and church architecture
- Basilica AemiliaAncient Roman civic basilica in Rome
- Basilica JuliaAncient Roman civic basilica in Rome
- Basilica of MaxentiusAncient Roman civic basilica in Rome
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the WallsRoman Catholic basilica and landmark in Rome, Italy
- Basilica of VitruviusCivil basilica in Marche, Italy
- Basilica UlpiaThe Basilica Ulpia was an ancient Roman civic building located in the Forum of Trajan. The
- Basilicas in the Catholic ChurchCeremonial designation of church buildings
- BasilikaCollection of laws completed c. 892 CE in Byzantine Constantinople
- BassaeUNESCO World Heritage Site in Oichalia, Greece
- Bassae FriezeFrieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios
- BastetAncient Egyptian goddess
- Bat (goddess)Ancient Egyptian cow goddess
- Baths of CaracallaAncient Roman bath, a landmark of Rome, Italy
- Baths of DiocletianAncient Roman bath in Rome, Italy
- Battle at the HarzhornThe Battle at the Harzhorn took place in the early 3rd century between Germanic and Roman
- Battle of AbacaenumThe Battle of Abacaenum took place between the Carthaginian forces under Mago and the Sice
- Battle of AbydosThe Battle of Abydos was an Athenian naval victory in the Peloponnesian War. In the battle
- Battle of Adrianople (324)The Battle of Adrianople was fought in Thrace on July 3, 324, during a Roman civil war, th
- Battle of AegospotamiNaval battle in the Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Amanus PassThe Battle of Amanus Pass took place in 39 BC at the Syrian Gates in the Nur Mountains, af
- Battle of ArginusaeThe Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BC during the Peloponnesian War near the city of
- Battle of ArtemisiumPart of the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC
- Battle of Asculum279 BC battle of the Pyrrhic War
- Battle of AscurumThe Battle of Ascurum took place in 46 BC during Caesar’s Civil War and saw the defeat of
- Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)275 BC Battle of the Pyrrhic war
- Battle of Brescia (312)312 AD battle in the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
- Battle of Cape Bon (468)Naval battle between Vandals and Romans
- Battle of CarchemishAncient battle in the region of Syria
- Battle of CarrhaePart of the Roman–Parthian Wars
- Battle of Carthage (238)The Battle of Carthage was fought in 238 AD between a Roman army loyal to Emperor Maximinu
- Battle of Catana (397 BC)The Battle of Catana took place in the summer of 397 BC. The Greek fleet under Leptines, t
- Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)Battle during the expansion of Macedonia
- Battle of Chios (201 BC)The Battle of Chios was fought in 201 BC between the fleet of Philip V of Macedon and the
- Battle of CibalaeThe Battle of Cibalae was fought in 316 between the two Roman emperors Constantine I (r. 3
- Battle of Corinth (146 BC)Battle between the Roman Republic and Corinth and its allies in 146 BC
- Battle of Coronea (394 BC)Land battle of the Corinthian War
- Battle of CorupediumBattle in 281 BC
- Battle of Crocus Field353/52 BC Macedonian victory in Greece
- Battle of Ctesiphon (165)The Battle of Ctesiphon in 165 AD was part of the wider Roman-Parthian War. The Parthians
- Battle of Ctesiphon (363)Part of the Roman–Persian Wars
- Battle of Cynoscephalae197 BC Roman victory in the Second Macedonian War
- Battle of CynossemaThe naval Battle of Cynossema (Ancient Greek: Κυνὸς σῆμα) took place in 411 BC during the
- Battle of CyzicusLand and sea battle between Athens and Sparta in 410 BC
- Battle of Delium424 BC military engagement during the Peloponnesian War
- Battle of EcbatanaBattle fought between Seleucids and Parthians
- Battle of Edessa260 Sasanian victory over Rome
- Battle of Faesulae (225 BC)The Battle of Faesulae was fought in 225 BC between the Roman Republic and a group of Gaul
- Battle of FanoThe Battle of Fano also known as the Battle of Fanum Fortunae was fought in 271 between th
- Battle of Gela (405 BC)The Battle of Gela took place in the summer of 405 BC in Sicily. The Carthaginian army und
- Battle of HaliartusBattle of the Corinthian War, 395 BC
- Battle of Himera (409 BC)Near the site of the first battle and great Carthaginian defeat of 480 BC, the Second Batt
- Battle of Himera (480 BC)Battle of the Sicilian Wars
- Battle of ImmaeThe Battle of Immae was fought in 272 between the Roman army of Emperor Aurelian, and the
- Battle of JaxartesBattle fought in 329 BC by Alexander the Great against the Saka
- Battle of LautulaeThe Battle of Lautulae was fought in 315 BC during the Second Samnite War, opposing the Ro
- Battle of LeuctraThebes' victory against Sparta in 371 BC
- Battle of LilybaeumFirst naval clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War
- Battle of Magnesia190/89 BCE battle in which Rome and Pergamon defeated the Seleucids
- Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)Battle during the Boeotian War
- Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)Spartan victory against Argos, Athens and Mantinea
- Battle of MardiaThe Battle of Mardia, also known as Battle of Campus Mardiensis or Battle of Campus Ardien
- Battle of MediolanumThe Battle of Mediolanum took place in 259, between the Alemanni and the Roman legions und
- Battle of MegalopolisBattle won by Macedonia against Sparta, 331 BC
- Battle of MessanaBattle between Rome and Carthage
- Battle of Messene4th-century BC battle in Sicily
- Battle of Mons SeleucusThe Battle of Mons Seleucus was fought in 353 between the armies of the Roman emperor Cons
- Battle of Mount Gindarus38 BCE battle between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire
- Battle of Mount Olympus188 BCE battle
- Battle of MucelliumThe Battle of Mucellium was an engagement in 542 near Mugello, Italy, between Ostrogoths a
- Battle of MundaFinal battle of Caesar's Civil War in present-day southern Spain, 45 BC
- Battle of Munychia404/403 BC Athenian defeat of the pro-Spartan Thirty Tyrants
- Battle of Mursa MajorThe Battle of Mursa was fought on 28 September 351 between the eastern Roman armies led by
- Battle of MutinaBattle in 43 BC between Senatorial and Triumvir forces
- Battle of MyonessusNaval battle where Rome and Rhodes defeat the Seleucids
- Battle of Mytilene (406 BC)The Battle of Mytilene was fought in 406 BC between Athens and Sparta. The Spartans were v
- Battle of Nineveh (627)Battle during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
- Battle of NotiumThe Battle of Notium (or Battle of Ephesus) in 406 BC was a Spartan naval victory in the P
- Battle of OrchomenusThe Battle of Orchomenus was fought in 85 BC between Rome and the forces of Mithridates VI
- Battle of OrneaeThe Battle of Orneae was an engagement that took place in the winter of 417 BC during the
- Battle of Pavia (271)The Battle of Pavia or Battle of Ticinum was fought in 271 near Ticinum (Pavia) in Italy,
- Battle of Pedum (358 BC)The Battle of Pedum was fought in 358 BC, near Pedum between the Roman Republic and a grou
- Battle of Pelusium525 BC battle between Egypt and Achaemenid Empire
- Battle of PharsalusPart of Caesar's Civil War (48 BC)
- Battle of PhyleMilitary campaign in 404/403 BC
- Battle of PiraeusThe Battle of Piraeus was fought in 403 BC between Athenian exiles who had defeated the go
- Battle of Placentia (194 BC)The Battle of Placentia was fought in 194 BC, near Placentia, between the Roman Republic a
- Battle of Placentia (271)The Battle of Placentia was fought in 271 between a Roman army led by Emperor Aurelian and
- Battle of ProtopachiumThe Battle of Protopachium was fought in 89 BC at the start of the First Mithridatic War,
- Battle of PydnaBattle of the Third Macedonian War in 168 BC
- Battle of Pydna (148 BC)The Battle of Pydna was fought in 148 BC between Rome and the forces of the Macedonian lea
- Battle of Salamis (306 BC)Naval battle during the Wars of the Diadochi
- Battle of Satala (298)298 battle of the Roman-Persian Wars
- Battle of SaticulaThe Battle of Saticula, 343 BC, was the second of three battles described by the Roman his
- Battle of SelinusThe Battle of Selinus, which took place early in 409 BC, is the opening battle of the so-c
- Battle of Sellasia222 BCE battle between a Macedonian-Achaean alliance and Sparta
- Battle of Spartolos429 BC battle of the Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Sphacteria425 BCE battle between Athens and Sparta, part of the Peloponnesian War
- Battle of StrasbourgBattle fought in AD 357
- Battle of SuessulaThe Battle of Suessula was the third and last battle between the Samnites and the Roman Re
- Battle of TaginaeBattle of the Gothic War in 552 AD
- Battle of TaurisThe Battle of Tauris was a naval battle during Caesar's civil war in which a Pompeian flee
- Battle of TauroentoThe Battle of Tauroento was a naval battle fought off the coast of Tauroento during Caesar
- Battle of Tegyra375 BCE battle between Thebes and Sparta
- Battle of the AlliaBattle between Gauls and Roman Republic, c. 387 BC
- Battle of the ArarPart of the Gallic War (58 BCE)
- Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC)The Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) occurred near the Bagradas River (the classical name of
- Battle of the Cilician GatesRoman victory over Parthian army in 39BC
- Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC)The Battle of the Eurymedon, also known as the Battle of Side took place in August 190 BC.
- Battle of the Frigidus394 AD battle between Theodosius and Eugenius
- Battle of the GranicusBattle fought between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenids
- Battle of the HellespontThe Battle of the Hellespont, consisting of two separate naval clashes, was fought in 324
- Battle of the Himera River (311 BC)The Battle of the Himera River was fought in 311 BC between Carthage and Syracuse near the
- Battle of the MargusBattle during the Crisis of the Third Century
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge312 AD battle in the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
- Battle of the Persian GatePart of the Wars of Alexander the Great
- Battle of the River AmniasBattle
- Battle of the Upper Baetis211 BCE battle during the Second Punic War
- Battle of the Uxian DefileBattle during the wars of Alexander the Great
- Battle of the Volturnus554 battle in Europe
- Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)Battle of the Roman–Seleucid War
- Battle of Thermopylae (254)The Battle of Thermopylae in 254 was a successful defense of the pass of Thermopylae by lo
- Battle of TrevisoThe Battle of Treviso was an engagement in 541 near Treviso, Italy, between Ostrogoths and
- Battle of TricamarumBattle during Justinian's Vandalic War
- Battle of Utica (49 BC)The Battle of Utica (49 BC) in Caesar's Civil War was fought between Julius Caesar's gener
- Battle of Veii42°01′26″N 12°24′5″E / 42.02389°N 12.40139°E
- Battle of Verona (249)The Battle of Verona was fought between the Roman general and usurper Decius, and emperor
- Battle of Verona (312)The Battle of Verona was fought in 312 between the forces of the Roman emperors Constantin
- Battle of VesuviusThe Battle of Vesuvius (also known as the Battle of the Veseris) was the first recorded ba
- Battlefield PaletteThe Battlefield Palette (also known as the Vultures Palette, the Giraffes Palette, or the
- Baucis and PhilemonAncient Greek mythical characters
- BeatitudesPart of Jesus' sermon on the mount
- Beautiful Festival of the ValleyAncient Egyptian holiday
- Behistun inscriptionAncient multilingual stone inscription in Iran
- Belet NagarBelet Nagar ("Lady of Nagar") was the tutelary goddess of the ancient Syrian city Nagar (T
- BellerophonAncient Greek hero
- Bellum CatilinaeLiterary work by Sallust
- Belly Amphora by the Andokides Painter (Munich 2301)The Belly Amphora in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen at Munich (inventory number 2301) is
- Belus (Egyptian)Son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- Belus (Tyre)Belus was a legendary king of Tyre in Virgil's Aeneid and other Latin works. He was said t
- Belvedere TorsoSculpture by an Apollonios the Athenian
- BenbenPyramid capstone
- BendisThracian lunar goddess
- BeneribBenerib (fl. c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient Egypt from First Dynasty. Benerib'
- BenifaióBenifaió is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain
- BennuAncient Egyptian deity
- Bent PyramidEgyptian pyramid built by Sneferu
- BeratNinth largest city of Albania
- Berlin PainterUnidentified ancient Greek vase painter
- BeroeaAncient city and archaeological site in Macedonia
- Berossus3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer
- BerytusAncient city of Beirut, Lebanon
- BesAncient Egyptian deity of households
- Bias of Priene6th-century BC Greek sage
- Biblical EgyptAncient Egypt as it is portrayed in the Bible
- Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)Compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends
- Bibliotheca HistoricaWorld history written by Diodorus Siculus
- Bibliotheca TeubnerianaSeries of classical texts
- Bilingual vase paintingBilingual vase painting is a special form of ancient Greek vase painting. The term, derive
- Bilistiche3rd century BC Hellenistic woman, mistress of Ptolemy II of Egypt and Olympic champion
- BinitarianismChristian theology of two-person Godhead
- BiremeAncient oared warship with two decks of oars
- BishopLeadership position in religious institutions
- Bithynia and PontusRoman province located in modern-day Turkey
- Blacas CameoLarge Ancient Roman cameo
- Black soupAncient Spartan staple soup
- Black-figure potteryStyle of painting on ancient Greek vases
- Bona DeaRoman deity
- BonifatiusRoman general (d. 432)
- Book of CavernsAncient Egyptian funerary text
- Book of ExodusSecond book of the Bible
- Book of GatesAncient Egyptian funerary text
- Book of JosephThe Book of Joseph is an untranslated text identified by Joseph Smith after analyzing Egyp
- Book of SignsIn Christian scholarship, the Book of Signs is a name commonly given to the first main sec
- Book of the DeadAncient Egyptian funerary text
- Book of the EarthAncient Egyptian funerary text
- Book of the Heavenly CowAncient Egyptian text
- Book of Traversing EternityThe Book of Traversing Eternity is an ancient Egyptian funerary text used primarily in the
- Books of the VulgateComparison of titles of Biblical books in Latin and English
- Borders of the Roman EmpirePolitical boundaries between the Roman Empire and neighboring territories
- BoreasGreek god of the north wind
- Borghese CollectionArt collection owned by the Roman Borghese family
- Borghese GladiatorHellenistic marble sculpture of a swordsman
- Borghese VaseAncient marble krater
- Boscoreale TreasureAncient Roman objects found near Pompeii
- Boule (ancient Greece)Ancient Greek city council
- BouleuterionAssembly building of Ancient Greece
- Boundary Stelae of AkhenatenGroup of royal monuments in Upper Egypt
- Bourg-Saint-MauriceCommune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Brennus (leader of the Senones)4th-century BC Gaulish chieftain of the Senones
- Brevis breviansBrevis brevians, also known as iambic shortening or correptio iambica, is a metrical featu
- Brevis in longoIn Greek and Latin metre, brevis in longo (; Classical Latin: ) is a short syllable at the
- Brian Walton (bishop)Brian Walton (1600 – 29 November 1661) was an English Anglican priest, divine and scholar.
- BriançonSubprefecture and commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- BrioudeBrioude (French pronunciation: ; Auvergnat: Briude) is a commune in the Haute-Loire depart
- BritanniaNational personification of Great Britain
- Britannia Inferior3rd-century Roman province in Britain
- Britannia PrimaRoman province
- Britannia SecundaBritannia Secunda or Britannia II (Latin for "Second Britain") was one of the provinces of
- Britannia SuperiorRoman province in Britain
- BritannicusSon of Roman emperor Claudius (AD 41–55)
- Bronze AgeHistorical period (c. 3300–1200 BCE)
- Bronze Age swordHistorical style of weapon
- Brooklyn Medical PapyrusAncient Egyptian medical papyrus
- Brooklyn MuseumArt museum in Brooklyn, New York
- BroteasMythical character
- Bruttia CrispinaRoman empress from 178 to 191
- BrygosBrygos was a potter who is conventionally placed among the major Attic potters active arou
- Brygos PainterAncient Greek vase painter
- Bryson of Heraclea5th-century BC Greek mathematician
- BubastisArchaeological site in Egypt
- Bubastite Portal25°43′07″N 32°39′27″E / 25.71874°N 32.6574°E
- BuccinoBuccino is a town and comune in Campania in Italy, in the province of Salerno, located abo
- BuhenAncient Egyptian fortress
- Bujang ValleyArchaeological site and valley in Malaysia
- Bull-Leaping FrescoThe Bull-Leaping Fresco is the most completely restored of several stucco panels originall
- Burial of JesusEvent in the New Testament
- Bust (sculpture)Sculpture of a person's head and shoulders
- Bust of Hadrian (Piraeus)Marble statue of Hadrian
- ButrintWorld Heritage Site in Albania
- ByllisArchaeological park in Albania
- Byzantine armyLand branch of the armed forces of the Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine army (Komnenian era)The Byzantine army of the Komnenian era or Komnenian army was a force established by Byzan
- Byzantine battle tacticsThe Byzantine army evolved from that of the late Roman period taking as leading models and
- Byzantine coinageCurrency
- Byzantine CreteProvince of the Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire under the Constantinian and Valentinianic dynastiesThe Eastern Roman Empire under the Constantinian and Valentinian dynasties was the earlies
- Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 610 to 711
- Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 717 to 802
- Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 518 to 602
- Byzantine Empire under the Leonid dynastyThe Eastern Roman Empire was ruled by the Leonid dynasty from AD 457, the accession of Leo
- Byzantine Empire under the Nikephorian dynastyThe Nikephorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire began following the deposition of the Empr
- Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 1261 to 1453
- Byzantine GreeceHistorical period of Greece
- Byzantine military manualsThis article lists and briefly discusses the most important of many military treatises on
- Byzantine RiteEastern Christian liturgical rite
- Byzantine studiesStudies about the Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine text-typeNew Testament text type
- Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591War between the Sasanian Empire of Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire
- ByzantinesPeople of the Byzantine Empire
- ByzasGreek mythical character, founder of Byzantium