Bucephalus
A horse of Alexander's, so frequently named by writers that the term has become proverbial. Alexander was the only person that could mount him, and he always knelt down for his master to bestride him.
Burgundiones or Burgundii. A powerful nation of Germany, dwelt originally between the Viadus (Oder) and the Vistula, and were of the same race as the Vandals or Goths.
They were driven out of their original abodes by the Gepidae, and the greater part of them settled in the country on the Maine. In the fifth century they settled in Gaul, where they founded the powerful kingdom of Burgundy.
Their chief towns were Geneva and Lyons.
Byzantium (Constantinople). A town on the Thracian Bosporus, founded by the Megarians, B. c. 658, is said to have derived its name from Byzas, the leader of the colony and the son of Poseidon (Neptune). A new city was built on its site, B. C. 330, by Constantine, who made it the capital of the empire, and changed its name into Constantinopolis.