RHODES Island Greece
History of Rhodos
By Teo Boyianos
histoty of Rhodes and the Rhodians,mist over the Centauries.
The Rodians ,Greeks in origin and in creative spirit,exalted their
civilization to it's zenith,talking about other peoples, long long before
A thousand years Before Christ ,the Greeks
of Ionia and all Asia Minor ,founded the createst civilization in
the undoubtebly Greek Aegean sea and the Miditerranean sea.
Behold in a few simple words ,precisely
dated ,the innsuperable history of Rhodos
and it's Greek Rhodian inhabitants,from 1500
B.C. until today
1500 B.C. The Mycenanean Greeks conquer the island ,starting from
Argos ,Peleponese,crable of purely Greek people.
1100 B.C. The Rhodians Greeks under the mythical ancestor
Tlepolemos,Settled in Rhodes.They established three malor cities-states:
IALYSSOS, LINDOS, and KAMIROS. Those three states over our
the island ,have been constantly revealing, yesterday and today,trought
three thousand years,and Greek creation over our blessed island
700 B.C.Those three commercial and maritime,both Greek and
civilized cities, founded the Doric Exapolis,which was the first E.E.C.
withn Europian boundaries.
650 B.C. In Lindos.,Cleovoulos,one of the Seven Wise Men of
ancient Greece ,is born
600 B.C. The Lindians creted colonies in the Mediterranean sea
and the Aegean, illuminating it with the Greek light and the Greek
Thinking and Creation.
491 B.C. The Percians conquered the island of Rhodes but not
Lindos and her well know Acropolis.protected by Lindian Athena
480 B.C. Rhodian soldiers participated with 40 ships in the
Batlle of Salamina.Greece is saved again from it's enemies thus
contimuing it;s God-pleasing civilizing work.
479 B.C. The Rhodians accede to the Athenian alliance,in this way
all the Greeks united the miracle of the so-called classical Greece and
the triumph of Greek Art ,Philosophy,Satuary Sculpture and pottery
464 B.C.The Ialyssian athlete Diagoras, wins a glorious victory
and Pindar,the poet,dedicates a poem to his honour, inscribed with
golden letters and placed inside the temple of Lindian Athena.
408 B.C.The people of Ialyssos,Camiros and Lindos founded one
single city:RHODES,where all administration was established.
305 B.C.Demetrius besieged Rhodes and Failed.
293 B.C.The Collossus of Rhodes is being erected,one of the 7
Wonders of the Word
227 B.C.A terrible earthquake destroyed the city of Rodos and the
42 B.C. The Roman Casius destroyed the island and the city
Year one : Christ
was born while Rhodes was under Roman sovereignty.
807 A.D. The Selttzouks, a nomadic and warlike people,invaded
against the inhabitants of Rhodes.New suffererings, battles,flights for
Greeks and Hellenism.
1191 A.D. Ritcard Lionheart, King of England, invaded
Rhodes,snatched goods, animals and money and recruted Rhodian sailors.
1204 A.D. That was the time of the 4th crusade. The
crusadors,besieged and took the island by force.New lamentations,new
battles,for the land to remain Greek and for the people to remain
defandor of Peace and Hellinism.
1161 A.D. Rhodes was typically re-established under the
jurisdiction of the Byzantium
1309 A.D. The land owner of our city and our island Viniolo
Viinioli ,sold Rhodes and the Rhodians to the Knights of Saint John of
1522 A.D. The Knights left. Rhodes and the Agarene Muslims
settled on the island, in the city and the houses of the Greek orthodox
1912 A.D. The Agarenes left and the Italians came until
1943 A.D. The Italians lost power over the Dodecanese and the
Germans ruled over the people and the land
1945 A.D. The Grmans gave the Dodecanese, over the Allies.
1947 A.D. Rhodes and the Dodecanese were freed and the people
celebrated the victory of Greece and the Hellenic Civilization.
1948 A.D. Rhodes and the Dodecanese ,constitute the zewel of
Europe and the cornerstone of European and WORRLD CIVILIZATION.
Aegean,Rhodes and Dodecanese: Greece 3000 years.
EVENTS OF RHODES Anno Domini
has spoken and the historians have recarded many people and events of
Rhodes and our peopleand events of Rhodes and our people for 3000m
continuous years in the space of Aegean and the Mediteranean.
us see briefly, in precise dates ,who are the people and which are the
events tha have affected the people and our land during the last two
YEAR OF LORD 155 A Terrible
earthquake levelled to the ground the city of the Rhodians,whch was the
big and strong ,beautiful and poweful,with thousands of buildings,
temples ,naval stations,markets,a rectorship,statiums and theatres.
270 A.D. The Goths, a nomadic
and sanguinary people ,invades the land against the Rhodians with the
Roman Province of the Islands.
515 A.D. New enemies,the Percians, with
Horsoe, invaded the island of the Greeks and looted Whatever they found
during their passage.
653 A.D. The Araps, conquered Rhodes
and plundred the colossus of Rhodes, melted it and turned it into
arms for the sodiers