Siege of Rhodes
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| Siege of Rhodes | |||||||
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| Part of the Wars of the diadochi | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Antigonid dynasty | Rhodes Ptolemaic dynasty Seleucid Empire |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Demetrius | ? | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1500 | 11200 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 1300 | 5400 | ||||||
| Wars of the Diadochi |
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| Paraitacene – Gabiene – Gaza – Salamis – Rhodes – Ipsus – Corupedium |
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For other uses, see Siege of Rhodes (disambiguation).
Siege of Rhodes (305 BC/304 BC) is one of the most famous sieges in ancient history.
Demetrius, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an attempt to break its alliance with Egypt. Demetrius even built a large siege tower, known as the Helepolis, to try to take the city. The citizens of Rhodes were successful in resisting Demetrius; after one year he abandoned the siege and signed a peace agreement (304 BC).
Several years later the Rhodians sold the remains of the helepolis, which had been abandoned by Demetrius, and used the money to erect a statue of their sun god, Helios, now known as the Colossus of Rhodes, to commemorate their heroic resistance.
L. Sprague de Camp used the siege and the building of the Colossus in one of his historical novels, The Bronze God of Rhodes.
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