When a storm destroyed the bridge Xerxes of Persia had built across the Hellespont, he ordered his men to whip its waters.

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Xerxes, the son of Darius I, ruled Persia from 485 to 465 He began preparations to invade Greece in 483. He had his men build a bridge across the Hellespont, a narrow strait separating Asia and Europe. When a storm destroyed it, he ordered his men to whip its waters 300 times (shown in this 1905 drawing) and to throw chains into the waters.

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