Bizia, a citadel near Rhodope belonging to the kings of Thrace. Tereus was born there.
Blæna, a fruitful country of Pontus, where the general of Mithridates Eupator destroyed the forces of Nicomedes the Bithynian. Strabo, bk. 12.
Blæsii, two Romans who killed themselves because Tiberius deprived them of the priesthood. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 6, ch. 40.
Junius Blæsus, a governor of Gaul. Tacitus.
Blandenona, a place near Placentia. Cicero, bk. 2, ltr. 15, Letters to his brother Quintus.
Blandŭsia, a fountain on the borders of the country of the Sabines near Mandela, Horace’s country seat. Horace, bk. 3, ode 13.
Blastophœnīces, a people of Lusitania. Appian.
Blemmyes, a people of Africa, who, as is fabulously reported, had no heads, but had the eyes and mouth placed in the breast. Mela, bk. 1, ch. 4.
Blenīna, a town of Arcadia. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 27.
Blitius Catulinus, was banished into the Ægean sea, after Piso’s conspiracy, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 15, ch. 71.