Demetrius Poliorcetes unsuccessfully besieges Rhodos.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Rhodos
Perpetrator (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: defeat
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Rhodian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: victory Origin: Rhodian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: victory
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 20.5Plutarch Demetrius 20.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Rhodos (Rhodos)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	307 B.C. , 306 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign siege
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	retreat treaty/agreement/pact
Original Text :	Ῥόδιοι δὲ πολὺν χρόνον ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πολιορκηθέντες, ἐπεὶ κατελύσαντο τὸν πόλεμον, ᾐτήσαντο τῶν μηχανῶν ἐνίας, ὅπως ὑπόμνημα τῆς ἐκείνου δυνάμεως ἅμα καὶ τῆς αὑτῶν ἀνδραγαθίας ἔχωσιν.
Translation :	The Rhodians also, after they had been for a long time besieged by Demetrius and had come to terms with him, asked him for some of his engines of war, that they might keep them as a reminder of his power as well as of their own bravery.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	long-term consequence: After some time Demetrius lifts the siege. This is mentioned in 22.4 date: The date is taken from the New Pauly: https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/rhodos-e1022710?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.brill-s-new-pauly&s.q=rhodos
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