Ancient Warfare Answers (391): Bridging the Hellespont

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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