Title

The Attack on Rhodes', 1890.

Caption

'The Attack on Rhodes', 1890. The Helepolis siege tower, at the Siege of Rhodes, 305-304 BC in which Demetrius Poliorcetes attempted to make Rhodes abandon neutrality and end its relationship with Ptolemy I. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_090

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,0Mb (5,0Mb) / 18,6in x 12,8in / 5574 x 3828 (300dpi)

Keywords

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