Siege

Siege of Rhodes

305 BCE – 304 BCE · 36.17° N, 28.00° E

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305 BCE – 304 BCE
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
36.17° N, 28.00° E
Description
siege of 305/4 BCE

Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC)

Military investment by Demetrius Poliorcetes

The siege of Rhodes in 305–304 BC was one of the most notable sieges of antiquity, when Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an attempt to make it abandon its neutrality and end its close relationship with Ptolemy I.

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