'The Attack on Rhodes', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'The Attack on Rhodes', 1890. The Helepolis siege tower, at the Siege of Rhodes, 305-304 BC in which Demetrius Poliorcetes attempted to make Rhodes abandon neutrality and end its relationship with Ptolemy I. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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Size: 5574px × 3828px
Location: World,Europe,Greece,World,Europe,Greece,Aegean Islands,Sporades,Rhodes
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License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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