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The Rhodes earthquake of 226 BC, which affected the island of Rhodes, Greece, is famous for having toppled the large statue known as the Colossus of Rhodes. Following the earthquake, the statue lay in place for nearly eight centuries before being sold off by invaders. While 226 BC is most often cited as the date of the quake, sources variously ...
Rhodes: Ambraseys states that the death toll in this nighttime event was high and that the damage was severe [103] 365-07-21: Crete, Alexandria: 35.0 23.0 Many thousands 8.5+ Raised part of Crete 9 metres, causing severe damage and triggering a tsunami that devastated Alexandria 226 BC: Rhodes: 36.43 28.21 Toppled the Colossus of Rhodes: 426 BC
Year 226 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Fullo (or, less frequently, year 528 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 226 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for ...
Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain
A fact from 226 BC Rhodes earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 October 2009 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the earthquake of 226 BC in Rhodes destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes (pictured), one of the seven wonders of the ancient world?
Watch live as wildfires continue to rage on Rhodes on Tuesday 25 July. Hundreds of people have already landed at British airports after parts of Rhodes went up in flames, forcing many to sleep in ...
Rhodes, where a fire last weekend required about 19,000 people to be evacuated from several locations on the island, was promised state support on Friday for its international advertising campaign.
Chares of Lindos (/ ˈ k ɛər iː z /; Ancient Greek: Χάρης ὁ Λίνδιος, gen.: Χάρητος; before 305 BC – c.280 BC) was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. He was a pupil of Lysippos. [1] Chares constructed the Colossus of Rhodes in 282 BC, an enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios and the patron god of ...