{"slug": "rhodes-city", "label": "Rhodes (city)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_%28city%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188731", "qid": "Q188731", "description": "city on the homonymous island, Greece", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-408, 2023], "span_label": ["409 BCE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Rhodes, Greece"], "related": [{"slug": "rhodes", "label": "Rhodes", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "macedonia-ancient-kingdom", "label": "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aegean-sea", "label": "Aegean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antigonus-i-monophthalmus", "label": "Antigonus I Monophthalmus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cassander", "label": "Cassander", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "knights-hospitaller", "label": "Knights Hospitaller", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-of-villehardouin", "label": "William of Villehardouin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world", "label": "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -408, "year_label": "409 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The city of Rhodes is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353486457#Greece", "title": "409 BC", "revid": 1353486457, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -315, "year_label": "316 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "In Rhodes (city), a major flood occurs. At least five hundred people die and many houses collapse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1007737454#Greece", "title": "316 BC", "revid": 1007737454, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -314, "year_label": "315 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus drives out Cassander's Macedonian forces of occupation from the Greek islands and forms the island cities in the Aegean into the \"League of the Islanders\", preparatory to his invasion of Greece. His ally, the city of Rhodes, furnishes him with the necessary fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367539376#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "315 BC", "revid": 1367539376, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": 653, "year_label": "653 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Muawiyah leads a raid against Rhodes, taking the scattered pieces of the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) and shipping it back to Syria, where he destroys the bronze scrap to make coins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635810#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "653", "revid": 1367635810, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1249, "year_label": "1249 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Nicaean–Latin Wars: Latin forces led by William of Villehardouin, arrive on the island of Rhodes on their way to join the Seventh Crusade. This causes the Nicaeans to raise the siege of Rhodes. William concludes an agreement with the Genoese and leaves behind some 100 knights before departing for the Holy Land.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362150898#Europe", "title": "1249", "revid": 1362150898, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1309, "year_label": "1309 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Conquest of Rhodes: The Byzantine garrison of the city of Rhodes surrenders to the Crusader forces of the Knights Hospitaller under Grand Master Foulques de Villaret – completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves as the Knights of Rhodes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359759809#July_–_September", "title": "1309", "revid": 1359759809, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – 2023 Greece wildfires: Tens of thousands of tourists flee Rhodes, Greece, amid wildfires and a major heatwave, in what officials say is the largest evacuation in the country's history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#July", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › July"}}]}