And after a 12-month campaign, the so-called “Besieger of Cities” decided to abandon his efforts - much to the delight of Rhodes’ citizens. Its success soon drew the attention of Antigonus I, a successor of Alexander the Great, who sent his son Demetrius I Poliorcetes to attack the city.īut Demetrius succeeded only in laying siege to Rhodes. ISBN 978-9-6.Historical Picture Archive/Corbis via Getty Images A depiction of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.īy 305 B.C., the city of Rhodes - located on the Greek island of the same name - was thriving as a prosperous trading port. Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Issue 5333. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. "Tsunami hazards in the Eastern Mediterranean: strong earthquakes" (PDF). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. ^ a b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database."Coastal uplift, earthquakes and active faulting of Rhodes Island (Aegean Arc): modeling based on geodetic inversion". "Discrete Plio-Pleistocene phases of tilting and counterclockwise rotation in the southeastern Aegean arc (Rhodos, Greece): early Pliocene formation of the south Aegean left-lateral strike-slip system". Politics and Culture in International History: From the Ancient Near East to the Opening of the Modern Age. ^ a b c d Bozeman, Adda Bruemmer (1994)."Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. At least two did so by giving the city an exemption from their own customs dues. Regardless of their political leadership or government style, respect for the culture and economic importance of the city was such that Greek cities across the region offered assistance to help rebuild. The Colossus lay in place until 654 AD, when, according to legend, Arab invaders sold the pieces to a Jewish merchant in Edessa. Strabo reports that an oracle told the citizens of Rhodes not to rebuild it, and an offer by Ptolemy III of Egypt to pay for its reconstruction was turned down. According to the ancient writer Strabo, the statue had broken off at the knees.
The earthquake toppled the Colossus, which lay in pieces near the harbor for centuries. Significant damage was done to large portions of the city, including the harbor and commercial buildings, which were destroyed. Some historical images have shown the Colossus as actually straddling the harbor entrance, a feat which would have been impossible given the bronze-casting technology of the time. The statue, known as the Colossus, had been built before 250 BC to give thanks to the gods for delivering the city safely from a Macedonian siege. Having survived threats from larger neighbors, the city had gained the respect of the Mediterranean world. As evidenced by the taxes the city received in harbor fees, the amount of trade that passed through it was tremendous. It was one of the major trading cities of the Mediterranean Sea, along with the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
History Īn 1880 portrayal of the Colossus of Rhodes, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 226 BC.Īt the time of the earthquake, Rhodes was an Aegean port city which was famous for the large bronze statue that stood near its harbor. However, a recent review of the evidence has found no clear association. Some catalogues suggest that this earthquake caused a significant tsunami. The epicentral location of this event is uncertain, with modern catalogues giving locations either near Rhodes city, or just south of the island of Symi. 227 BC is associated with an uplift of more than three metres and movement on this reverse fault is considered to be the likely causative mechanism for the event. The island has also been tilted to the northwest during the Pleistocene, an uplift attributed to a reverse fault lying just to the east of Rhodes. Currently the island is undergoing a counter-clockwise rotation (17°±5° in the last 800,000 years) associated with the south Aegean sinistral strike-slip fault system. The tectonic setting is complex, with a Neogene history that includes periods of thrusting, extension and strike slip. The island of Rhodes lies on part of the boundary between the Aegean Sea and African plates. While 226 BC is most often cited as the date of the quake, sources variously cite 226 or 227 BC as dates when it occurred. Following the earthquake, the statue lay in place for nearly eight centuries before being sold off by invaders. The Rhodes earthquake of 226 BC, which affected the island of Rhodes, Greece, is famous for having toppled the large statue known as the Colossus of Rhodes.
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