En la segona de les [[Guerres Mèdiques]], l’any 489aC, [[ Xerxes I de Pèrsia]] feu construir tres ponts sobre l’[[Helespont]], prop de la ciutat d’[[Abidos de Mísia | Abydos.]]<ref name="Heròdot1858">{{cite book|author=Heròdot|title=Histoire d'Hérodote, 2: suivi de la Vie d'Homère|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDjhdb8r8MsC&pg=PA199|year=1858|publisher=Firmin Didot|pages=199–}}</ref><ref name="Cantù1854">{{cite book|author=Cesare Cantù|title=Historia universal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PQ5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA461|year=1854|publisher=Gaspar y Roig|pages=461–}}</ref><ref name="Ségur1830">{{cite book|author=Philippe-Paul comte de Ségur|title=Historia antigua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKgCcdEmbVEC&pg=PA285|year=1830|publisher=Oficina de D. J. Palacios|pages=285–}}</ref>
