Siege of Rhodes may refer to one of the following sieges of the island of Rhodes:
Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC), by Demetrius I of Macedon
Siege of Rhodes (88 BC), siege by Mithridates VI of Pontus in the First Mithridatic War
Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes (1306–1310), the Knights Hospitaller invade Rhodes except for the city of Rhodes
Siege of Rhodes (1444), unsuccessful attempt by the Mamluks under Aynal Gecut to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
Siege of Rhodes (1480), first, unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
Siege of Rhodes (1522), second, successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
Battle of Rhodes (1912), capture of the island by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War
Battle of Rhodes (1943), German capture of the island during World War II
It may also refer to:
The Siege of Rhodes, an opera written by the impresario William Davenant, inspired by the 1522 siege
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century BC, the town ofRhodes was already enclosed in defensive walls which allowed to withstand the siegeof Demetrius Poliorketes king of Macedonia, in 305...
Malta since 1530, after being driven out ofRhodes, also by the Ottomans, in 1522, following the siegeofRhodes. The Ottomans first attempted to take Malta...
The Hospitaller conquest ofRhodes took place in 1306–1310. The Knights Hospitaller, led by Grand Master Foulques de Villaret, landed on the island in...
improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens, for the SiegeofRhodes (305 BC). Descriptions of it were written by Diodorus Siculus, Vitruvius...
city ofRhodes, on the island ofRhodes in Greece. It is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. The site was previously a citadel of the...
Great SiegesofRhodes (1480–1522/1523) 1." In The 1522 SiegeofRhodes, pp. 11-39. Routledge, 2022. "Pope canonises 800 Italian Ottoman victims of Otranto"...
unsuccessful siegeofRhodes in 305. While Antigonus I and Demetrius planned a revival of the Hellenic League with themselves as dual hegemons, a coalition of the...
Rhodes (/roʊdz/ ; Greek: Ρόδος, romanized: Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the...
This is known as the Great Siegeof Malta. At first the battle went as badly for the Hospitallers as Rhodes had: most of the cities were destroyed and...
The biggest siege towers of antiquity, such as the Hellenistic Greek Helepolis (meaning "The Taker of Cities" in Greek) of the siegeofRhodes in 305 BC...
victory of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249–1323), who fought in the 1315 siegeofRhodes; or either Fortitudo Eius Rempublicam Tenet (Latin: 'His bravery [or...
campaigns, especially during the 12-month siegeofRhodes when he had Epimachos of Athens build a massive 160 ton siege tower named Helepolis, filled with artillery...
regard; however, some of the most iconic battles of the Knights Hospitaller, such as the SiegeofRhodes and the Great Siegeof Malta, took place after...
The Acropolis ofRhodes (Greek: Ακρόπολη της Ρόδου) is the acropolis, or upper town, of ancient Rhodes dating from the 5th century BC and located 3 kilometers...
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