Location:
- Türkiye, Eceabat
- geo:40.200764,26.39152
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- -480 / unknown
Class:
- Bridge
- invisible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=18923
- livius:place=hellespont-dardanelles
Annotations
The Persian king built a bridge across the Hellespont between Abydus and Sestus.
Nearby
Battle of Hellespont in 324
Naval Battle in 324 between Constantine’ s fleet and fleet of Valerius Licynius
Sestos, Tower of Hero (1 km)
The Lighthouse
Abydos (Hellespont) (1 km)
Abydos is mentioned in the Iliad as a Trojan ally and, according to Strabo, was occupied by Bebryces and later Thracians after the Trojan War. It has been suggested that the city was originally a Phoenician colony as there was a temple of Aphrodite