State

Rhodes

island in Aegean sea, Greece

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1600–156 BCE
Founded
1600 BCE
Languages
Greek

Overview

Rhodes ( ; Greek: Ρόδος, romanized: Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of Greece's Dodecanese islands and their historical capital, as well as the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, Rhodes constitutes a municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is the city of Rhodes, home to 50,636 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. By 2022, the island's population had grown to 125,113 people. Located northeast of Crete and southeast of Athens, Rhodes is referred to by several nicknames: "the Island of the Sun" after its patron sun god Helios; "the Pearl Island"; and "the Island of the Knights", a reference to the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522.

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Records (10)

  1. 357–355 BCE — Social War of 357-355 BCEWar
  2. 301 BCE — War of Byzantium against Bithynia and RhodesWar
  3. 221–219 BCE — War against LyctusWar
  4. 205–200 BCE — Cretan War of 205-200 BCEWar
  5. 200–197 BCE — Second Macedonian WarWar
  6. 197 BCE — Battle of AlabandaBattle
  7. 195 BCE — War against NabisWar
  8. 192–188 BCE — Roman–Seleucid WarWar
  9. 183–179 BCE — Pontic-Pergamene WarWar
  10. 156–154 BCE — Bithynian-Pergamene War of 156–154 BCEWar

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