page_title: Bubares
section_title: Strymon bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Bubares / Strymon bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: The Persian fort at Eïon and the mouth of the Strymon, seen from Ennea Hodoi (Amphipolis)
context_page_description: Bubares was a Persian nobleman and engineer in the service of the Achaemenid Empire of the 5th century BC. He was one of the sons of Megabazus, and a second-degree cousin of Xerxes I.
context_section_description: According to Herodotus "the same men who were charged with the digging were also charged to join the banks of the river Strymon by a bridge." The bridge on the Strymon river would also facilitate the progression of the Achaemenid invasion force.
caption: The ancient Persian fort at Eion (left) and the mouth of the Strymon River (right), seen from Ennea Hodoi (Amphipolis).
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