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A large ornamental woodcut initial letter 'B' spanning several lines of text, featuring an illustration of a seated figure, possibly a scholar or clerical figure, within the decorative framework of the letter.
Baasha, High Priest of the Hebrews . . . 46 original: "Baasa Hebræorum pontifex"; though biblical tradition identifies Baasha as a King of Israel, Eusebius's index categorizes several leaders under the term "pontifex" or "chief priest."
Bacis of Corinth . . . 48
Bayezid the Turk . . . 168 original: "Baizetus turcus"; refers to the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II, who was contemporary to the 1470 printing of this work.
Bayezid the Turk . . . 169
Baldwin, King of the people of Jerusalem . . . 135 original: "Balduinus Hierofolymitanorum rex"; referring to the Latin Kings of Jerusalem during the Crusades.
Baldwin, King of the people of Jerusalem . . . 139
Baldwin, King of the people of Jerusalem . . . 136
Baldwin, King of the people of Jerusalem . . . 137
Baleus, King of the Assyrians . . . 21
Barak, High Priest of the Hebrews . . . 35 original: "Barach"; the biblical judge and general who served alongside Deborah.
Bartolus, interpreter of the laws . . . 147 Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313–1357), one of the most influential legal scholars of the Middle Ages.
Basilides the Arch-heretic . . . 90 An early Gnostic teacher in Alexandria.
Basilides the philosopher . . . 90
Basilica of Julius . . . 78
Basilica of the Blessed Benedict . . . 120
Basil of Caesarea, Bishop of Cappadocia . . . 101 One of the "Great Cappadocians" and a Doctor of the Church.
Basileus, Bishop of Amasia in Pontus . . . 96
Battus . . . 54 The legendary founder of the Greek colony of Cyrene.
The head of the Blessed Anthony . . . 112 Refers to the translation or discovery of the relic of Saint Anthony the Great.
Bede the Venerable, priest . . . 119 The famous English monk and historian (672–735 AD).
The Belgians . . . 147
Belisarius the Patrician . . . 111 The legendary general who served under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Belisarius . . . 112
Belochus of the Assyrians . . . 20
Bellotus of the Assyrians . . . 31
Beginning of the war between the Gauls and the Britons . . . 171 Referring to contemporary 15th-century conflicts between France and England.
Beginning of the Peloponnesian War . . . 67
Beginning of the war of the English against the Gauls . . . 143
Beginning of the war of Charles the Great . . . 122 original: "Caroli Magni"; refers to the military campaigns of Charlemagne.
Belus, god of the Assyrians . . . 14
War under Emulphus . . . 34
The Trojan War . . . 35
War of the Lapiths and Centaurs . . . 38 A famous conflict from Greek mythology.
War of the Amazons . . . 39
The Trojan War . . . 40
The Peloponnesian War . . . 42
War of the Lacedaemonians . . . 59 Lacedaemonians are the Spartans.
War of the Lacedaemonians . . . 57
War of Tullus Hostilius . . . 59 The third legendary King of Rome.
War of the Assyrians against the people of Jerusalem . . . 62
War of Croesus . . . 63 The wealthy King of Lydia who fought Cyrus the Great.
The Battle of Marathon . . . 65
War of Xerxes . . . 66
War of the Fidenates . . . 67 A conflict between Rome and the nearby city of Fidenae.
War of the Carthaginians . . . 68
War of Alexander . . . 70
The Servile War . . . 76 A series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic.
The Jugurthine War . . . 76 Rome's war against King Jugurtha of Numidia.
Civil war in Sicily . . . 77
The Campanian War . . . 78
War of Caesar and Pompey . . . 78
War of Antony and Augustus Caesar . . . 79
The Battle of Actium . . . 79
The Jewish War reached its end . . . 90 Refers to the First Jewish-Roman War and the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD.
War of Commodus against the Germans . . . 92
Jewish and Samaritan war . . . 92
Cinalensian war . . . 96
Night battle with the Persians . . . 98
Thracian war . . . 101
Gothic war . . . 103
War in Gaul . . . 105
Roman and Gothic war . . . 107
Persian war . . . 115
Roman war . . . 117
War of Charles the Great . . . 122
War of Khosrow . . . 116 original: "Cosdrę"; Khosrow II, the last great Sasanian King of Persia.
War of the Tartars . . . 143 original: "Tartarorum"; referring to the Mongol invasions.
War between the Swiss and the Swabians . . . 171 original: "inter Heluetios & Sueuos"; likely the Swabian War of 1499, suggesting this edition includes very late updates.
War of the English against the Scots . . . 143
Florentine war . . . 143
War of the Belgians . . . 147
Parisian war . . . 147
Milanese war . . . 148
Lucensian war . . . 151 Refers to conflict involving the city of Lucca.
Spanish war . . . 158
Florentine war . . . 158
Bohemian war . . . 160 Likely the Hussite Wars.
War of the Londoners . . . 161
War of Charles, Duke of Burgundy . . . 162 Refers to Charles the Bold and the Burgundian Wars.
Florentine war . . . 165