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Siege of Rhodes

Siege of Rhodes was a siege conducted in 88 BC at Rhodes, in what is now Greece. It was part of First Mithridatic War, which ran from 89 BC to 85 BC. The recorded result: Rhodian victory.

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Acropolis in Rhodes
Acropolis in Rhodes. Paweł Dembicki (Królik), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought88 BC
WhereRhodes, Greece36.167N, 28.000E
OutcomeRhodian victory
BelligerentsRhodes (client state and allied to Rome)againstPontic Empire
Part ofFirst Mithridatic War89 BC to 85 BC

Where it sits in First Mithridatic War

Battle of the River Amnias, 89 BCBattle of Protopachium, 89 BCBattle of Mount Scorobas, 88 BCSiege of Rhodes, 88 BCBattle of Delos, 88 BCBattle of Chaeronea, 87 BCSiege of Athens, 87 BCBattle of Chaeronea, 86 BCBattle of Orchomenus, 86 BCBattle of Tenedos, 86 BC89 BC86 BCSiege of Rhodes, 88 BC
10 placed engagements of First Mithridatic War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date88 BC (year precision)
PlaceRhodes, Greece
36.167N, 28.000E
KindSiege, ancient
Casualties and losses400 prisoners
Commanders
  • Lucius Cassius
  • Demagoras
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 305 BC and 1522.

In the same war

Siege of Rhodes is one of 159 engagements of the 1st century BC in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3625517, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Rhodes (88 BC), revision 1378283650, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.