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noun:  The siege of Rhodes in 305–304 BC was one of the most notable sieges of antiquity, when Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an attempt to make it abandon its neutrality and end its close relationship with Ptolemy I.
noun:  The siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
noun:  In 1480 the small Knights Hospitaller garrison of Rhodes withstood an attack of the Ottoman Empire.
noun:  The siege of Rhodes was a military engagement involving the Knights Hospitaller and Mamluk Sultanate.
noun:  The siege of Rhodes took place in 88 BC between the people of Rhodes (allies of Roman) and Mithridates VI of Pontus' army.


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