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Babylōn, ōnis, f., capital city of the Babylonian-Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia, on the Euphrates.
Bacaudae, ārum, pl. m., the name of the revolting peasants in Gaul in the reign of Diocletian.
Balbīnus, ī, m., (D. Caelius) Balbīnus was elected emperor by the Senate, but was slain by the soldiers at Rome, 238 A.D.
barbaria, ae [barbarus], f., a strange land, a foreign country (opposed to Greece and Italy).
barbaricus, a, um [barbarus], adj., foreign, strange; as subst., Barbaricum, ī, n., strange land.
barbarus, a, um, adj., foreign, barbarous, barbarian; as subst., barbarī, ōrum, pl. m., foreigners, barbarians.
Bassiānus, ī, m., see Antōnīnus.
Bassus, ī, m., L. (P.) Ventidius Bassus, a Roman general who gained several victories over the Parthians. Consul 43 B.C.
Basternae, ārum, pl. m., a warlike German people living near the mouth of the Danube.
beātus, a, um [beō, to bless], adj., blessed, happy, prosperous.
Bēdriacum, ī, n., a small town in Cisalpine Gaul.
Belgicus, a, um, adj., Belgic; Gallia Belgica, or absol. Belgica, the northern part of Gaul between the Rhine and the Seine.
bellicōsus, a, um [bellicus], adj., warlike, fond of war, fierce.
bellicus, a, um [bellum], adj., pertaining to war, military, martial.
bellō, āre, āvī, ātus [bellum], to wage war. re—rebellō, āre, āvī, ātus, to wage war again, rebel.
bellum, ī [for duellum, from duo], n., war, warfare.
bene [bonus], adv., comp. melius, sup. optimē; well, successfully.
Beneventum, ī, n., a city in Campania in Italy.
benīgnitās, ātis [benīgnus], f., good-will, kindness.
benīgnus, a, um, adj., kind, favorable.
Berenīcē, ēs, f., a city in Cyrenaica in Africa.
Bessī, ōrum, pl. m., a mountain tribe of Thrace.
Bēstia, ae, m., L. Calpurnius Bēstia, consul 111 B.C.
bēstia, ae, f., a beast, animal.
bibō, ere, bibī, —, to drink.
Bibulus, ī, m., L. (Calpurnius) Bibulus, consul with Caesar 59 B.C.
biennium, ī [bis + annus], n., two years’ time.
bīnī, ae, a [bis], dist. num. adj., two by two, two each.
bis [duis; cf. duo], num. adv., twice.
Bīthȳnia, ae, f., a country in Asia Minor, on the Propontis and Black Sea.
Bituītus, ī, m., a king of the Arverni in Gaul.
Blaesus, ī, m., C. Semprōnius Blaesus, consul 253 B.C.
blanditia, ae, f., flattery; in pl., blandishments, allurements.
blatteus, a, um [blatta, purple], adj., purple-colored.
blattinus, a, um [blatta, purple], adj., purple-colored.
Bocchus, ī, m., a king of Mauretania, father-in-law of Jugurtha.
Bōiōnius, ī, m., see Antōnīnus.
bonitās, ātis [bonus], f., goodness.
Bononia, ae, f., a city in Belgic Gaul, now Boulogne.
Bonōsus, ī, m., a Spaniard who usurped the imperial title in Gaul in the reign of Probus, 281 A.D.
bonus, a, um, adj., comp. melior, sup. optimus; good, advantageous, friendly; bonō animō esse, to feel friendly; as subst., bonum, ī, n., profit; bonī, ōrum, pl. m., good men, loyal citizens; bona, ōrum, pl. n., goods.
Bosporānī, ōrum, pl. m., dwelling on the Cimmerian Bosporus.
Bosporus, ī, m. 1. Cimmerius Bosporus, the strait leading from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. 2. A city in the Crimea on the Cimmerian Bosporus.
bracchium, ī, n., an arm.
breviārium, ī [brevis], n., a summary, abridgment, epitome.
brevis, e, adj., short, brief.
brevitās, ātis [brevis], f., shortness.
Britannicus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Britain, British; as subst., Britannicus, ī, m., son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina.
Britannī, ōrum, pl. m., the inhabitants of Britain, Britons.
Britannia, ae, f., Britain, England and Scotland; in the pl. includes Ireland.
Brundisīnī, ōrum, pl. m., the inhabitants of the city of Brundisium, in Calabria.
Bruttiī, ōrum, pl. m., a people in the southwestern part of Italy.
Brūtus, ī, m., a family name at Rome. 1. D. Iūnius Brūtus. He conquered the Callaeci and Lusitani, and won the name of Callaecus in consequence. Consul 138 B.C. 2. L. Iūnius Brūtus, nephew of Tarquinius Superbus, consul with Collatinus 509 B.C. 3. (M. Iūnius) Brūtus, one of the murderers of Caesar.
Budalia, ae, f., a town in Lower Pannonia, the birthplace of the emperor Decius.
Bulcus, ī, m., C. Atīlius Bulcus, consul 237 B.C.
Burdigala, ae, f., a city in Aquitania, now Bordeaux.
Burziaonē, ēs, f., a city in the modern Bulgaria.
Bȳzantium, ī, n., a city on the Thracian Bosporus, later Constantinople.