'Xerxes Crossing The Hellespont', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'Xerxes Crossing The Hellespont', 1890. Pontoon Bridges were constructed during the second Persian invasion of Greece on the orders of Xerxes I of Persia so his army could cross the Hellespont ( Dardanelles) in 480 BC. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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Size: 5506px × 3816px
Location: World,Europe,Greece
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License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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