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Demetrius Poliorcetes and the Siege of Rhodes
In 305 BC, Demetrius Poliorcetes arrived at the island of Rhodes with a massive army and a fleet of siege towers designed to crush the city’s defenses. The Rhodians, though outnumbered and lacking their own navy, responded with ingenuity, dismantling their public buildings to fuel forges and using scrap metal to repair damaged walls. When Demetrius finally abandoned the siege after months of futile effort, he left behind tons of abandoned equipment. The Rhodians melted down this bronze to create the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This episode explores the…
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