picked this up from a book on the Seven Wonders. This is just FYI for those Civers that are interested in historical stuff like this.
1. The Colossus was made to celebrate a military victory and stood 120' tall.
2. It took 12 years to build (it takes me over a 1000 years in Civ3!)
3. It was made in the image of the sun-god Helios, who typically was presented with "sunbeams" on his head.
4. The frame was made of iron, since bronze was not strong enough to support something this size (the Civ3 prereq is Bronze Working)
5. No one knows the exact pose of the Colossus, but it was not large enough to straddle the port. It stood on one side.
6. The Statue of Liberty was modeled after the Colossus, which explains the points on her head (the sunbeams).
7. The Colossus stood for less than a century before it was felled by an earthquake. No descriptions of it before the earthquake remain.
8. When Arabs took over Rhodes, the fallen Colossus was stripped of its bronze plating. It supposedly took 900 camels to carry it away.
9. In the 1500's, there was a revival in Rome around the ancient Wonders. Many thought that the huge statue outside the Roman amphitheatre was actually the Colossus of Rhodes, transported to Rome by the ancient empire. As a result, they renamed their amphitheatre to the "Colosseum" and the name has stuck ever since.
Interesting info on the 7 wonders can be found at http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ruthe/...ient%20Art.htm
1. The Colossus was made to celebrate a military victory and stood 120' tall.
2. It took 12 years to build (it takes me over a 1000 years in Civ3!)
3. It was made in the image of the sun-god Helios, who typically was presented with "sunbeams" on his head.
4. The frame was made of iron, since bronze was not strong enough to support something this size (the Civ3 prereq is Bronze Working)
5. No one knows the exact pose of the Colossus, but it was not large enough to straddle the port. It stood on one side.
6. The Statue of Liberty was modeled after the Colossus, which explains the points on her head (the sunbeams).
7. The Colossus stood for less than a century before it was felled by an earthquake. No descriptions of it before the earthquake remain.
8. When Arabs took over Rhodes, the fallen Colossus was stripped of its bronze plating. It supposedly took 900 camels to carry it away.
9. In the 1500's, there was a revival in Rome around the ancient Wonders. Many thought that the huge statue outside the Roman amphitheatre was actually the Colossus of Rhodes, transported to Rome by the ancient empire. As a result, they renamed their amphitheatre to the "Colosseum" and the name has stuck ever since.
Interesting info on the 7 wonders can be found at http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ruthe/...ient%20Art.htm
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