Mandrocles was an ancient Greek engineer from
Samos who built a
pontoon bridge over the
Bosporus for King
Darius I
Darius I ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his ...
to conquer
Thrace. Mandrocles dedicated a painting, depicting the bridging of the straits, to the goddess Hera in the
Heraion of Samos, commemorating his achievement.
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Histories (Herodotus)
The ''Histories'' ( el, Ἱστορίαι, ; also known as ''The History'') of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. Written around 430 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, ''The Histories'' serve ...
4. 88 (
Scythian campaign)
Ancient Greek engineers
Greek people of the Greco-Persian Wars
Ancient Samians
Achaemenid Thrace
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