Siege of Rhodes
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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Siege of Rhodes
|partof=the Wars of the diadochi
|date=305 BC – 304 BC
|place=Rhodes island
|result=Unresolved
|combatant1=Antigonid dynasty
|combatant2=Rhodes
Ptolemaic dynasty
Seleucid Empire
|commander1=Demetrius
|commander2=?
|strength1=?
|strength2=?
|casualties1=?
|casualties2=?
}}
Template:Campaignbox Diadochi
- For siege of Rhodes in 1522, see Siege of Rhodes.
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. Citizens of Rhodes were successful in resistance to Demetrius. After one year, he abandoned the siege and signed a peace agreement in 304 BC.
Several years later the Rhodians sold the military equipment abandoned by Demetrius, and used the money to erect a statue of their sun god, Helios, the statue now known as the Colossus of Rhodes, to commemorated their heroic resistance.