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The siege of Rhodes ended with an Ottoman victory. The conquest of Rhodes was a major step towards Ottoman control over the eastern Mediterranean and greatly eased their maritime communications between Constantinople and Cairo and the Levantine ports. Later, in 1669, from this base Ottoman Turks captured Venetian Crete. [10]
The citizens of Rhodes were successful in resisting Demetrius; after one year he abandoned the siege and signed a peace agreement (304 BC) which Demetrius presented as a victory because Rhodes agreed to remain neutral in his war with Ptolemy (Egypt). The unpopularity of the siege may have been a factor in its abandonment after only one year.
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 Siege of Rhodes is an opera written to a text by the impresario William Davenant. [1] The score is by five composers, the vocal music by Henry Lawes , Matthew Locke , and Captain Henry Cooke , and the instrumental music by Charles Coleman and George Hudson . [ 2 ]
Helepolis (Greek: ἑλέπολις, meaning: "Taker of Cities") is the Greek name for a movable siege tower. The most famous was that invented by Polyidus of Thessaly, and improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens, for the Siege of Rhodes (305 BC).
Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC), by Demetrius I of Macedon; Battle of Rhodes (1100), naval battle between Venetians and Pisans off the city of Rhodes; Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes (1306–1310) Siege of Rhodes (1444), unsuccessful attempt by the Mamluks under Aynal Gecut to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island
The Siege of Rhodes ends after a year. Demetrius Poliorcetes and the Rhodians come to a truce, with the agreement that the city should be autonomous, should keep its own revenue and that the Rhodians should be allies of Antigonus unless he is at war with Ptolemy .
Bombard-Mortar of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, 1480-1500. Founded at the request of Pierre d'Aubusson, the bombard was used for close defense of the walls (100-200 meters). It fired 260 kg granite balls. The bombard weighs 3,325 kg. Exhibited at the Musée de l'Armée, Paris. A view of Rhodes 10 years later.