Besancon, a city of the Sequani, 79, 253

Besbicus, an island in the Propontis, 287

Bessi, a Thracian tribe, 444

Betae, a people in Serica, 341

Bezabde, a town on the Tigris formerly called Phoenice, 225, 266;
captured by Sapor, 227;
unsuccessfully besieged by Constantius, 237-239

Bineses, a Persian satrap, 394

Bingen (Bingium), a town in Germany, 161

Bisula, a river (the Weichsel), 292

Bitaxa, a town of the Ariani, 342

Bitheridus, a German noble, 525

Bithynia, 288

Bizes, a river of the Euxine, 288

Blemmyae, a people near the cataracts of the Nile, 11

Boae, an island on the coast of Dalmatia, 279

Bonitus, a Frank, the father of Silvanus, 63

Bonmunster (Bononia), a town in Pannonia, 257

Bonn (Bonna), a town in Germany, 161

Bordeaux (Burdegala), a city in Aquitania, 79

Borion, a promontory in Egypt, 307

Bosporus, the Thracian (the Straits of Constantinople), 288

---- the Cimmerian (Straits of Yene-Kali), 70

Bostra, a city of Arabia, 29

Boulogne (Bononia), a town in Gaul, 212

Brahmans, 336, 470

Branchidae, an oracle in the Milesian territory, 511

Briancon (Virgantia), 76

Brigantia (the lake of Constance), 52

Brisoana, a Persian river, 337

Britain, corn exported to Rome, 161;
pearls found in the British sea, 345;
suffers from the incursions of the Picts and Sects, 212, 453;
invaded by the Saxons, 413;
distress of, 453;
Theodosius goes to assist, 483

Bruchion, a quarter in Alexandria, inhabited by opulent persons, 314

Brumat (Brocomagus), a city of Germany, 86

Bucenobantes, a tribe of the Allemanni, 524

Buffaloes in Egypt, 309

Bura, a town destroyed by an earthquake, 140

Burgundians, 495;
their kings called Hendinos, 495;
their chief priest called the Sinistus, 496

Busan, a fort in Mesopotamia, 183

Byzantium (Constantinople), 287

Byzares, a people near the Euxine, 290

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Cabillonum (Chalons sur Marne), 98, 436

Cabyle, a town in Thrace, 607

Cadusii, a tribe on the Caspian Sea, 332

Caeni Gallici, a station in Bithynia, 38

Caela, a town near the Hellespont, 287

Caeranius, a philosopher, 520

Caesarea, formerly Mazaca, a town in Cappadocia, 233

---- a town in Mauritania, 534

---- a town in Palestine, 29

Caesariensis, a province of Mauritania, 526

Caesarius, prefect of Constantinople, 422

---- secretary of the Emperor, 551

Caesias, treasurer of the commander of the cavalry, 200

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