Episode 391
AWA391 - Bridging the Hellespont
Ancient Warfare Podcast · The History Network
January 9, 202611m 26s
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Show Notes
Listener question from Andrew: While watching a video on the Second Persian Invasion, Andrew wondered why the Greeks didn't attack the Persian engineers as they built the massive pontoon bridge across the Hellespont. How was the bridge constructed and defended, and did the Greeks miss a real chance to destroy it? Murray explains.
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