Bogomilism: a Manicheist belief from the Byzantine Age that spread along the Via Egnatia to western Europe.In late Antiquity and during the early Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire was a true melting pot of cultures, and this also applies to…
Bosra: ancient city, legionary base of III Cyrenaica, capital of the Roman province Arabia (modern Busra).Early History
Nabataean inscription ("Nathar'el, son…
Brasidas (†422 BCE): Spartan officer, one of the most important generals during the Archidamian War.The Archidamian War
Fifth-century hoplite.
Brasidas was the…
Cornelis de Bruijn (c.1652-1727) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of these palaces to be accessible for western scholars. His other visits included the…
Persepolis
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
On 8 November 1704, Cornelis de Bruijn and VOCnote[Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, the United East-Indian…
The return
Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
Because in the eighteenth century, longitude was still impossible to measure, navigation was…