Hanging Gardens of Babylon: one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There is no evidence that it existed.Babylon was the cultural capital of the ancient Near East. Many monuments have become famous, like the Ištar Gate, now in…
Babylonia is the Greek name of what the inhabitants knew as Mât Akkadî, the fertile alluvial plain between the Euphrates and Tigris. This was the heartland of the Babylonian Empire, which dominated the ancient Near East between the fall of…
The Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world after the fall of the Assyrian empire (612 BCE). Its capital Babylon was beautifully adorned by king Nebuchadnezzar, who erected several famous buildings. Even after the Babylonian Empire…
Bacchiads (Greek: Βακχιάδαι): aristocratic elite of Corinth in the early Archaic Period.The Bacchiads were the aristocratic elite, dominating Corinth in the second half of the eighth and first half of the seventh centuries BCE. Claiming descent from Heracles, they were…
Bactria (Old Persian: Bâkhtriš): country in northern Afghanistan, in Antiquity famous for its fierce warriors and its ancient religion, which was founded by the prophet Zarathustra.Prehistory
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Bagayasha or Bacacis: Arsacid prince, mentioned in several sources in the years 138-120 BCE. He is almost certainly identical to the Bagasis who briefly reigned as king in 127/126.Reign of Mithradates
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Bagoas (†336): vizier of the Achaemenid Empire. He is said to have killed Artaxerxes III Ochus and Artaxerxes IV Arses, and was put to death by Darius III Codomannus.The career of Bagoas is summarized by the Greek historian Diodorus of…