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Now, the question today is from Jonathan.

Thanks for another email, Jonathan.

And this one is, I read about

Caesar's bridging the Rhine all the time.

Is that how armies bridged rivers after him,

following his example,

what about before him? Bridging rivers, always an issue, many famous incidents of bridging rivers.

Alexander the Great's, you know, battles, the Granicus, the Hydaspies, the Isis are all

fought over river crossings, the Jacksarty's river crossing.

So there's lots and lots of river crossings.

And of course in those cases,

they're dealing with rivers that are fordable.

And in most cases in the ancient world,

you're probably dealing with rivers that at some point

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