Campaign against the Massagetae
· Amu Darya (Oxus) frontier, Central Asia
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International · file According to Herodotus's account, Cyrus began an armed attempt to take Massagetae territory, constructing bridges and towered war boats on the Oxus frontier. The account and precise location are disputed. The coordinate is a representative point on the lower Amu Darya, not a claimed exact camp or bridge site.
