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- β585Βύαςeagle-owl[1] Adler cites Cassius Dio 40.17.1; add e.g. 40.47.2 (so Theodoridis on Photius beta306), 41.14.2, 42.26.3, and with somewhat different wording 50.8.2, 54.29.7, 56.29.3, 56.45.2, 72.24.1.
- β283ΒιθίαςBithias… name -- who features in a passage once assigned to Cassius Dio's Book 21 known to us from Zonaras (see bibliography), but latterly re-attributed to Polybius -- is the Numidian who assisted Hasdrubal (alpha …
- β588ΒυζάντιονByzantion, Byzantium[1] For this second sentence cf. Cassius Dio 74.14.5-6; Hesychius of Miletus FGrH 390 F1 para.13; Cedrenus p. 442, 10-11 Bonn. [2] sigma 181.
- β309ΒιτέλλιοςVitellius, Bitellios… the present entry follows Eutropius, Breviarium 7.18; cf. also e.g. Cassius Dio 65.2-3. [1] More exactly, Vitellius succeeded the brief reign of Otho (omicron 82) at the beginning of July, 69 CE (the infamous …
- β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… with the account of a certain Maximus who, according to Cassius Dio 48.34.5 was exposed as a slave before assuming the post of quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is, during …