The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios that stood in the Greek city of Rhodes and was counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. According to tradition it was made by the sculptor Chares of Lindos to celebrate the survival of Rhodes during a long siege by Demetrius Poliorcetes, and it was financed by selling the siege equipment left behind. It stood about thirty metres tall, but only for around half a century, since it collapsed in an earthquake in the third century BCE. Its remains lay on the ground for centuries, drawing visitors. The popular image of the statue straddling the harbour entrance is a later invention.
Before and after
- from 300 BCE to 250 CEYayoi period
- from 299 BCE to 580 CEKingdom of Iberia
- 287 BCEBirth of Archimedes
- c. 285 BCEDeath of Euclid
- 284 BCEColossus of Rhodes
- 283 BCEDeath of Chanakya
- from 282 BCE to 133 BCEAttalid dynasty
- from 281 BCE to 62 CEKingdom of Pontus
- from 280 BCE to 146 BCEFounding of Achaean League
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