Berenice IV: queen of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 58 to 55.Relatives
Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes
Mother: Cleopatra VI Tryphaena
Main deeds
c.76: Born
58: Rome annexes Cyprus; riots in Alexandria; king Ptolemy XII Auletes is forced to flee (September); the new rulers of Egypt…
Berenice Phernephorus (c.285-246): Ptolemaic princess, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives
Father: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Mother: Arsinoe II
Husband: Antiochus II Theos
Son: Antiochus
Main deeds
Born between 285 and 280
260: Outbreak of the Second Syrian War. The Seleucid king Antiochus II Theos fights against Ptolemy II Philadelphus
253:…
The third book of Berossus' Babylonian history we find accounts of the reigns of several kings. One of these is the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562). Unfortunately, Berossus' own account is lost, but it was summarized by the Jewish historian…
Bethlehem: town in Judaea, birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth.Bethlehem
Bethlehem on the Madaba Map
Already mentioned in the Amarna Letters (fourteenth century…
Bishapur: important Sasanian city in Iran, founded by king Shapur I, and built by Roman POWs.
King Shapur I
Bishapur, "the beautiful [city] of Shapur",…
Bistam: Parthian general, rebel against Sasanian Persia from 591/592 to 597.
Bistam
Main deeds:
Name: Bistam
During the war between the Sasanian king Hormizd…