In 480 BC King Xerxes I prepared to invade Greece by building two mighty pontoons over the treacherous Hellespont, but a fierce storm shattered the bridges and scattered his plans; enraged, the king ordered his soldiers to lash the ocean 300 times, cast chains into its depths, and brand its waves with red hot irons to mark it as his own, while his engineers rebuilt stronger bridges for his colossal army to cross. | History Vault

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