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c. 1600 BCERhodes has significant contact with Minoan Crete.
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1510 BCEThe traditional date Danaos builds a temple to Athena Lindia at Lindus on Rhodes.
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c. 1400 BCERhodes has significant contact with the Mycenaean civilization.
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c. 689 BCERhodes and Cretans found Gela in Sicily.
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c. 580 BCEAgrigento in Sicily is founded by colonists from Gela, Crete and Rhodes.
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490 BCERhodes comes under Persian rule.
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c. 412 BCERhodes revolts against Athens and supports Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
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c. 408 BCEThe various city-states of Rhodes form a single federal state.
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c. 408 BCEThe capital of Rhodes is moved from Lindos to Rhodes town.
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395 BCEDemocracy is established on Rhodes.
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342 BCEFire destroys the 6th century BCE temple to Athena at Lindos, Rhodes and is replaced by a new one.
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305 BCE - 304 BCEDemetrius I unsuccessfully lays siege to Rhodes.
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c. 292 BCE - c. 280 BCEThe Colossus of Rhodes, a representation of Helios, is built in Rhodes town harbour, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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228 BCE - 226 BCEThe Colossus of Rhodes is toppled by an earthquake.
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206 BCE - 204 BCECrete is at war with Rhodes.
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197 BCESamos comes under the jurisdiction of Rhodes.
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189 BCERome gives control of Lycia to Rhodes.
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164 BCELeonidas of Rhodes wins the first of his 12 Olympic crowns in runnning events in four successive Olymic Games.
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155 BCE - 153 BCECrete is at war with Rhodes for a second time.
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88 BCERhodes is beseiged by Mithradates VI.
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43 BCERhodes is sacked by Cassius Longinus.
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c. 654 CEAccording to Theophanes, a Jewish merchant transports the pieces of the fallen Colossus of Rhodes to Edessa for melting down.
