bn:02529692n
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Categories: Former bridges in Turkey, Achaemenid Empire, 480 BC, Former bridges, Bridges in Turkey
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Xerxes' pontoon bridges  Xerxes' Pontoon Bridge  Xerxes bridge  Xerxes bridges  Bridge across the Hellespont
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Xerxes' pontoon bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece upon the order of Xerxes I of Persia for the purpose of Xerxes' army to traverse the Hellespont from Asia into Thrace, then also controlled by Persia. Wikipedia
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