An earthquake breaks the Colossus of Rhodes at the knee
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The statue of Helios, erected in 280 BCE, was brought down by an earthquake after roughly fifty-four years standing, snapping at its weakest point. Some sources date the earthquake to 228 BCE rather than 226. The Rhodians declined to rebuild it and the pieces were left lying.
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- The statue of Helios, erected in 280 BCE, was brought down by an earthquake after roughly fifty-four years standing, snapping at its weakest point. Some sources date the earthquake to 228 BCE rather than 226. The Rhodians declined to rebuild it and the pieces were left lying.
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- Colossus of Rhodes
- An earthquake breaks the Colossus of Rhodes at the knee
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- Colossus of Rhodes
- Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
- Lighthouse of Alexandria (the Pharos)
- The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders
- An earthquake breaks the Colossus of Rhodes at the knee
- The bronze of the Colossus is sold for scrap
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- Ancient authority for the Colossus standing seventy cubits, roughly 33 m, and for its ruined state persisting centuries after the earthquake.
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