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BCHP 7 (Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle)
The Babylonian Chronicle concerning Antiochus, Bactria, and India ("Antiochus and India chronicle"; BCHP 7 or ABC 13A) is a chronicle written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It mentions a Seleucid crown prince, probably the future king Antiochus I Soter, ordering repairs…BCHP 8 (Juniper Garden Chronicle)
The Chronicle concerning a service field (bît ilki) near the Juniper garden ("Juniper Garden Chronicle"; BCHP 8) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. …BCHP 9 (End of Seleucus I Chronicle)
The Chronicle concerning the last years of Seleucus ("End of Seleucus chronicle"; BCHP 9) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It describes the final days of the reign of king Seleucus, who defeated…Behistun
Behistun or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great. The full Persian text is here.The Behistun Inscription …Behistun (2)
Behistun or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great. The full Persian text is here.Identification …Behistun (3)
Behistun or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great.The following translation was made by L.W. King and R.C. Thompson (The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the…Bêl-šimânni and Šamaš-eriba
Bêl-šimânni and Šamaš-eriba: name of two Babylonian rebel kings who rose against his Persian overlord Xerxes in the summer 484 BCE. …Belevi Mausoleum
Belevi Mausoleum: Hellenistic tomb near Ephesus, final resting place of Antiochus II Theos. The chamber The Belevi mausoleum was built for Lysimachus,…Bera
Arch of Bera: little honorific arch for the Roman senator Lucius Licinius Sura, erected in the Spanish town of Bera.Twenty kilometers to the east of Tarragona stands, near a village called El Roc de Sant Gaietà, this simple arch. It…Berenice I
Berenice I (c.340-c.277): Macedonian lady, queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I Father: Magas Mother: Antigone, a relative of…Berenice II
Berenice II (after 270-221): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives: Berenice II Father: Magas of Cyrene Mother: Apame II First husband: Demetrius the Fair, the…Cleopatra Berenice III
Cleopatra Berenice III (c.120-80): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Portrait of a Ptolemaic queen, perhaps Cleopatra Berenice III Father: Ptolemy IX Soter Mother:…