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

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

2-714-414 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'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]


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown:
Subject
  1. Xerxes I: Persian: King
People Related
  1. Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
  2. Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

World Asia Iran

  1. 32 00 00 N , 053 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics War & Military Wars, Battles & Events

Artistic Representations Portraits

Locations & Buildings Bridges


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5506x3816
File Size : 61,556kb


Aliases

  1. 0580065792
  1. 2-714-414
  1. 2714414

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