1. Crossing of the Hellespont

    · Hellespont at Abydos, between Anatolia and Thrace

    Crossing of the Hellespont
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    Xerxes crossed from Abydos into Europe with his army using the pontoon bridge over the Hellespont. Coordinates mark a representative point in the historically reported bridge-crossing corridor between Abydos and Sestos.

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