What is the Most Besieged City in History?

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A lot of cities have undergone sieges, but which city has been besieged the most?
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[@EmperorTigerstar]

Been a while since I’ve done a statistic type video. Expect the next bad maps video soon!

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

This video is Turtle Approved 👍

[@maga6403]

Seege

[@jovindsouza3407]

*bad maps soon* AIIEEEEEEEEEEE-

[@alphamikeomega5728]

Time to make an animated-map video where it shows the top 10 cities by the number of times besieged!

[@peternagy6067]

What about Budapest Hungary wich had more than 15 Just to name a few, it isnt complete: 1241-2 Mongols 1529 Turkish 1530 Habsburg (poorly handeled, immidiatly collapsed) 1541 Turkish 1542 Habsburg 1598 Habsburgs 1602 Habsburgs (15 years war) 1603 Habsburgs again 1684 Holy Lige (Habsburgs) 1686 Holy Liege (Habsburg) 1705-9 Hungarian rebels sorround the city 1849 Habsburg Austrians 1849 Hungarians rebels 1949 Austrians 1920 Romanians 1945 Germans (little resistance) 1945 Russians (hard siege like Stalingrad) 1956 october 23-29 Russians (against rebel strongholds) 1956 november 4-9 Russians (against rebel strongholds) The list isnt complete for exaple there were countless wars for the title of Hungarian king between 1038 and 1526, so there should be more. Even if you disregarad some it should have ended on the list, specially before Belgrade wich were an central part of the otthoman Empire, and attacked less by westerners than Buda, wich were the frontire of 150years of war between Habsburg and Otthmans.

[@nenenindonu]

“If the earth were a single state, Constantinople would be its capital.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

[@andrefarfan4372]

Ganyu

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Oooo

[@tompatterson1548]

Now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople

[@awfulzed]

@@tompatterson1548 If you have a date in Constantinople she’ll be waiting in Istanbul!

[@DC-zi6se]

@@awfulzed you take her home via Fake Taxi

[@imperatormaximus8952]

Of course, “the City of the World’s Desire”.

[@Tacocuk]

We, Turks, are lucky to have such a great city.

[@josebenardi1554]

@@Tacocuk It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie.

[@Tacocuk]

@@josebenardi1554 Yea :)

[@Tacocuk]

@@arolemaprarath6615 Why? Romans were the founder of the city, and Turks built the Anatolian side of city...

[@ahmetmert671]

@@arolemaprarath6615 we took it from byzantium you have to take it back if you can

[@ThomasTubeHD]

Istanbul/Constantinople/Byzantium be like: imagine being built on a place so op that so many different people needed to besiege you to take over, couldn’t be me

[@dracodeanglicus3857]

Meanwhile Jerusalem be like: imagine being a city actively warred over by two major world faiths, including and up to the 2020s. (This post was made by the Samaritan gang)

[@OhSanjiBoi]

Byztantbul*

[@MyUsersDark]

@Black and Quirkless The perfect city name doesn't exis-

[@RexoryByzaboo]

*Jerusalem speaks up.*

[@Galland780]

@@RexoryByzaboo Rexory my guy. You're here! Lmao

[@colliwer]

"City of the World's Desire" is no joke

[@_semih_]

Is that an eu4 reference?

[@fadirabadi3071]

@@_semih_ no that was the actual nickname of Constantinople

[@stateofconstatinopole8316]

Today is the disire of the Greeks

[@ademdogukankon4726]

@@stateofconstatinopole8316 LOL, your name makes it funnier.

[@stateofconstatinopole8316]

@@ademdogukankon4726 no no I'm independent

[@JamesTullos]

Part of the reason Chinese cities weren't besieged as often is that power was often centralized and the various dynasties didn't want rebellious lords to have access to fortified bases of operation. So if an army attacked, it would break through any defenses without much issue. There are exceptions of course, but that's a general rule.

[@poggies7639]

@@julioviloria3289 the Great Wall was constructed to keep raiding parties of nomadic tribes, such as the Mongol, Turic and Xiongnu out. At the time it was constructed China didn’t control any territory beyond it so it didn’t really count as fortifications inside Chinese borders since it was meant to keep foreign raiding parties out

[@minhducnguyen674]

Also, due to the terrain of china ( a large plain), mobile warfare, elastic defense is the preferred tactic. Only the citadels are heavily fortified. Even then, chinese nobilities preferred to evacuate then mount a counter offensive than holding the defend

[@malleableconcrete]

I had heard that cities especially on the Northern frontier had some of the most complex and advanced fortifications on the planet in their day, like the Mongol siege of Kaifeng was extremely difficult.

[@minhducnguyen674]

@@DBT1007That's the most ignorant thing I ever heard. It called national identity. We are not Chinese. If we were Chinese, our ancestors would have joined China 1000 years ago already but they didn't that mean we are not the same people. By that logic, the Koreans should have joined China too because were just as close to be the Chinese but they are not.

[@minhducnguyen674]

@@DBT1007 Why don't you join them already since you have that weakass spine? You are not even Chinese.

[@SamAronow]

8:02 "Frankly I'm surprised China didn't sneak one in there at some point." The night is young.

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

Hi Sam! How many times Jerusalem is besiged in your series already so far? I remember six, and I'd assume you skipped some that are less relevant.

[@SamAronow]

@@user-gr9fq9gt9w 13 so far: 701 BCE, by King Sennacherib of Assyria 597 BCE, by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 586 BCE, by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 164 BCE, by Judah Maccabee 162 BCE, by Lysias 134 BCE, by Antiochus Sidetes 67 BCE, by Aristobulus II 63-64 BCE, by Hyrcanus II and Pompey 37 BCE, by Herod 70 CE, by Titus (the Royalist and Zealot Temple Sieges don't count because they started inside the city.) 614, by Shahrbaraz in the Final Roman-Persian War 635, by Khalid ibn Walid 1099, by the Crusaders And another one coming on Friday.

[@paolob.5667]

And the music high

[@rpavangchhia8953]

If mongols almost reached constantinople,if they had reached it then it could be counted as chinese. Because most of their engineers were chinese.

[@truthissacred]

@@rpavangchhia8953 he talks about besieged cities, not about a sieging army. Constantinople s clearly not a chinese city 😂

[@michaelweiske702]

I was wondering: does this list change if we change the definition of "most besieged" from "most TIMES besieged" to "most TOTAL TIME besieged"?

[@i05CrafterGames]

Leningrad and Stalingrad: this looks like a job for me

[@sokandueler9578]

The siege of Candia from 1648-1668. A 20 year siege. Edit: it was continuous

[@sokandueler9578]

@@i05CrafterGames if you look at all the sieges in the world, those two don’t even make the top ten. The tenth longest siege lasted over 3 years.

[@spikehike5356]

The seige of Ceuta lasted for 26 years from 1694-1727

[@yondie491]

I think naming port cities could get pretty contentious, since you could argue that some of them were still actively supplied

[@wlinden]

“An Austrian army, awfully arrayed, “Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade.”

[@fredriks5090]

Could conquerors concede Constantinoples capacity? Did dormant desires delude due defeat?

[@randomnessrules4971]

@@fredriks5090 Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@akhmadkautsarak]

F

[@qwedge]

gogged by the gog

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

"God grants great generals glory gratiously."

[@warlordofbritannia]

Can we just get an F in the comments for Constantine XI, dude more than lived up to his namesake and literally defended his city and empire to the last

[@mappingshaman5280]

F

[@xavierbeauchamp5023]

f

[@comradekenobi6908]

we as Muslims respected him, he did go down as a warrior F

[@dipayannandi5809]

F

[@chraman169]

F

[@dika2saja]

Middle East city be like: Gonna crank this siege Record Up

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

Whoever named their city the “Foundation of Peace” didn’t even know.

[@Aj-zr8dz]

@@justanotherbaptistjew5659 I think it was the Sumerians (Ur-Shalim) and what's a Baptist Jew? lol

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

@@Aj-zr8dz Sumer is still in the Middle-East, but I was referring to Jerusalem. My name is supposed to be humorous. I’m Jewish by birth and Christian by the grace of God. Since you don’t hear of many “Baptist Jews” nowadays, I decided it would be funny if I prefaced that with “Just another,” implying it’s a common thing.

[@Aj-zr8dz]

@@justanotherbaptistjew5659 Indeed, I meant I think, though not sure exactly, that the Sumerians named the city "Foundation of Peace" (Ur-Shalim) And that's great brother! My family are Christians from Jerusalem who very likely were second temple era Jews and still speak Aramaic. And I've been to a Baptist church, really felt the Holy Spirit and the warmness, love, and friendliness of all who attended.

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

@@Aj-zr8dz That’s nice to hear!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

6:34 - A relatively rare example of a TRIPLE siege! Double sieges aren’t too novel, in modern times battles are so dynamic that a double siege can even be split in terms of time rather than just geography, with one side having supremacy during the day and the other at night, creating something of a seesaw effect. (the battle for Guadalcanal island is one example) But you don’t often see a triple siege - I suggest anyone interested look up a timelapse gif of the battle of Aleppo, two sides locked in a death spiral, each attempting to lock the enemy in place and pivot around to their supply lines and avenues of escape - like two combatants in a knife-fight tied at the arm. In the middle, the largely Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood - nominally on their own but eventually throwing in with the regime against an increasingly opaque and radical opposition. Aleppo the city survives, but what terrible scars it now wears.

[@blueLanterns]

I don't know if this can easily be said but if you don't count separate sieges and instead count it by years besieged, does the top 10 change in any drastic manner?

[@inasapostle13thapostleofthe12]

Hm thats actually a pretty interesting question.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

It would have to considering some ancient sieges lasted for multiple years.

[@yondie491]

@@EmperorTigerstar Would port cities that weren't effectively blockaded still count if they were actively besieged by land?

[@Lucas-dg4zn]

@@yondie491 I think they being counted would make sense, I mean, good for the city for being positioned in a very defensible point

[@philip2009]

@@EmperorTigerstar then could you do a video about the longest sieges in history? plz

[@b3ygghsas]

Let me guess, constantinople? Edit: Not really a surprise, I remeber seeing somewhere that the city has been sieged 23 times

[@racoon251]

What

[@concept5631]

@@racoon251 What?

[@luigimario6722]

You should do one weighted for the length and severity of the sieges

[@tompatterson1548]

#1 is Wilusa

[@Graymenn]

Waco would win hands down

[@670HP-Package-NOW]

Baghdad going from nearly 2 million people to a burning ghost town would probably win there

[@australium7374]

@@670HP-Package-NOW when was that. Also in my opinion it would be Vienna in 1683 as it grabbed the attention of basically the entire world at the time

[@eastsidereviews727]

Clearly the most besieged city is Gotham, it can't catch a break.

[@VojislavMoranic]

Imagine being granted a farmstead outside Constantinople.

[@buddyzf]

World: "How many sieges you going to hold?" Istanbul/Constantinople/Byzantium: "Yes"

[@Pietro-Smusi]

5:13 This picture actually represents the capture of Rome in 1870 by the Italian Kingdom. You can see the Bersaglieri with their hats and the italian flag, and they are entering trough the breach at Porta Pia.

[@TheGamerGuy171]

I expected more cities in places like Belgium and the west of Germany/east of France region. You should do a video on the cities that have fallen the most to sieges in history!

[@chainehistoire7616]

Or dutch cities

[@mikeblatzheim2797]

At least in Germany sieges would usually be only held on castles. Around cities battles would usually take place, but the cities themselves wouldn't be besieged. After all, the number of small duchies and kingdoms was huge, so if you assembled an army large enough to besiege a city, your neighbours would be sure to notice and send their own to fight you.

[@Sofus.]

Because we here in Central and Northern Europe we lived in mud huts, while the Mediterranean went places. Apparently mostly to sieges 😄

[@richhartnell6233]

I would also like to see cities that were besieged but never defeated.

[@christian9125abd]

in the german language room there were only a few cities that got sieged more often like vienna but after turks got beaten back that was over, if they would have stayed in range of it that would have happened way more often

[@AndresRamirez-fi5uw]

I remember reading somewhere that said "Constantinople is the most strategically important city on Earth."

[@tamamatu6395]

Yeah it's literally the gateway into Asia and Europe if you wanna avoid the trouble of going through modern day Russia

[@marcus-vu8gj]

Man, Constantine the Great really knew where to make cities.

[@plusxz821]

Also to corrupt cristianity

[@augustuzmoon3814]

@@plusxz821 Ah yes Cristianity my favorite religion with my favorite person jahsus Christian

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@plusxz821 protestants seething

[@nurisevgili3217]

You know the fact that Constantinople has existed long before Constantine right?...

[@bremc666]

He just renamed it.

[@pepepoopsonthefarright7531]

"let's besiege helsinki spongebob!" patrick star

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

4:50 Little glitch over here, "but in reality" repeated twice.

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

Begs the question, which reality is it? Or is it a double reality?

[@joshwelch1386]

The lovely Carassonne pictured at the start was actually my first holiday and I’m so happy to see that appear. It’s such a lovely place with Great people too

[@jovindsouza3407]

Ah, a new Emperor Tigerstar video to watch just before I sleep. The height of luxury.

[@andrefarfan4372]

Mexican lol

[@erikno2992]

@@andrefarfan4372 Not mexican lol

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Alternate Title: *Max Percent Siege Speedrun Leaderboard*

[@planescaped]

Me: No China? Chang An had to have been besieged at least a half dozen times between the Warring States period, Three Kingdoms, 16 kingdoms and Northern and Southern Dynasties! _Number 10 at 10 sieges._ Good lord Europe loved thier sieges... XD

[@yasirkhalif4484]

Mantua, Palermo and Antioch not being up there is surprising

[@regidelthegeneralthatzappe4469]

Yeah, I was expecting Palermo to be somewhere on this list

[@talos2384]

How many sieges of Rome were from other romans?

[@El-s]

my guess is 8 out of 11 lol

[@grey3247]

Like half of them probably

[@jevinliu4658]

@@El-s Only if you consider the Vandals fellow Romans.

[@magnajota4341]

@@jevinliu4658 the vandals never put siège on Rome, they went up the river

[@jevinliu4658]

@@magnajota4341 Oh yeah you're right I was thinking of the Visigoths

[@jackbachtel8657]

Ah yes, my favorite wallet salesman.

[@MrCrashDavi]

+

[@Jokkkkke]

Honestly, I thought that Vienna would’ve been on here

[@suryanshsingh4533]

Me too , I thought it would be in the top 5

[@danlorett2184]

Really almost none of these cities (with exception of the Rome and Pavia) are straight European. Most are Mediterranean cities or cities in the Middle East because those cities were sieged by Europeans and Turks/Middle Eastern civilizations at different points. Italy is kind of a special case because it was so fractured throughout history and a lot of the other European powers fought over land in Italy many times. Vienna hasn't actually been that contested of a city historically - the Ottomans have barely touched it, the Crusades never bothered, and it's not on the Mediterranean.

[@nirfz]

At least in the german wikipedia ther's a list of sieges of vienna (and threats to be besieged) which lists *14* sieges (that's the number without the "almost but not really" ones). You don't need to be in the mediteranean or a port city. For one: vienna is basically the westernmost route north south in europe whithout putting up with the alps and you can use a big waterway. (the danube) Also sometimes your own people besiege a city: In vienna the population once besieged the ruling family, and the own military besieged the city (1848 during the revolutionary uprisings across europe)

[@danlorett2184]

@i'm about to Except they got slaughtered instead. They barely made it two Vienna what, twice? Compared to how many times for Constantinople?

[@nirfz]

@i'm about to little objection: There was no crusader army around vienna. Both ottoman sieges of vienna happend long after the crusades had ended. The first ottoman siege almost 100 years after the last of the crusades ended on 1444. And the army that the HRE emperor managed to get together wasn't 3:1 in terms of size to the ottmans. The ottomans started with around 120 000 men while the defenders inside of vienna started with around 20 000 men. The whole army the emperor managed to gather (including the polish king and his troops) numbered between 60 and 70 000. So in total the ottoman troops still had a numerical advantage. I also wouldn't call the ottoman forces unprepared. They knew (prisoner "interviews") about the army comming to try to lift the siege. But the ottoman commanders were unable to agree on how to fight a two front battle.

[@gaylynnhorncri]

Emperor Tiger Star: I am suprised that the Spanish Inquisition hasn't beseige it....yet

[@donkeymilkman8934]

No one expects the Spanish inquisition.

[@jevinliu4658]

At the moment there are 36 upvotes :P

[@IGVladarski]

I was expecting Jerusalem being first, came close enough though

[@FrostedMike]

I was expecting Jerusalem as well. I tried to figure out which city was more importent than Jerusalem at the time to have a higher record. When he said Constantinopole I was more surprised from how unsurprised I was.

[@scottishbananaclan]

Time to check the comments *Puts on helmet, loads gun*

[@nikitaostrovsky8416]

"A meme city is a meme city for a reason." (Tigerstar, 2021)

[@adam17266]

You missed Buda. It had at least 14 sieges: hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda_ostroma_(egy%C3%A9rtelm%C5%B1s%C3%ADt%C5%91_lap)

[@erenbenweinstein6744]

“Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will he be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!" -Muhammad

[@religionisatragedy8537]

Hm,did he also predict the fall of the muslim state?

[@AK-nm1jh]

@@religionisatragedy8537 Yes he did, In fact He also predict that it will rise again, you can search about it if you want.

[@RexoryByzaboo]

*SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE INTENSIFY*

[@DANiELE94ThEbEsT]

the most obvious false prophet

[@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT]

cult Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4059 In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 94 English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4064

[@oguzhangul9080]

Good video , thanks bro

[@indridcold1689]

Excellent video. Keep up the great work

[@karath51]

I tough Adrianople (Edirne in modern day Turkey) would be on this list also as to besiege Constantinople you had to take control of Adrianople first to secure your supply lines.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

I think Jerusalem judging by the painting you shared and previous knowledge

[@nooneinparticular9837]

Great video topic

[@thehistoryaxis]

Great Video!

[@andrefarfan4372]

Pew*s *Ganyu*

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

Hello, from the second most besieged city in history. Honestly, I also thought it would ranked lower. I only know about 15 or so sieges.

[@australium7374]

in Jerusalem basically every point before 1700 had a siege lol

[@blaulied2480]

5:28 when a city resists more than Greece and Carthage My stronk Syracuse

[@concept5631]

Can you do a video on which city has been fought over the most (as in, had the most battles named after it)?

[@zairugalde40]

Very good video.

[@holdenennis]

Where did you get your information from for this? I am not doubting you, I am only curious.

[@ianjankus8090]

I was actually mildly surprised Vienna never made the list.

[@glennupchurch5859]

I'm glad I actually guessed the most besieged city ever in the end. Still got it :). Also, I've been watching for many, many years now and I am glad to see how the quality of videos has improved. keep it up dude, thanks for all the awesome content!

[@adaon3072]

It will be great to see video about what coutnry did the most uprisings in history

[@josephiroth89]

I was expecting Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Baghdad. Syracuse is probably the most interesting entry on the list for me.

[@danlorett2184]

Sicily is the most contested island in history.

[@Viguier89]

0:00 That's Carassonne, a medieval city in southern france. The city i come from in northern France has been besiege by the Spanish in 1557, by the Prussians in 1870, occupied by the Russians in 1815, destroyed at 93% and occupied by the Germans in 1914/18 and occupied once again by the Germans in 1940.

[@magnajota4341]

My city has been besieged exactly once. 1945 by the Russians

[@juleslandry7585]

Actually that's Carcassonne and this city was never occupied by Germans in WW1 or destroyed by Russians in 1815.

[@Viguier89]

@@juleslandry7585 I actually never said i came from Carcassonne, but i can understand the misunderstanding, i will correct that.

[@juleslandry7585]

@@Viguier89 Oh sorry, I thought it was Carcassonne, I don't know where Carassonne is (Burgundy, Picardie?).

[@magnajota4341]

@@juleslandry7585 Wtf, did you even read OP's comment?

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

8:02 oh, just wait some time

[@bokunogentoo4420]

8:02 Be careful what you wish for!

[@danielgorog2646]

Buda is missing with at least 17 events. 16 mentioned on the Hungarian Wikipedia ( hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda_ostroma_(egy%C3%A9rtelm%C5%B1s%C3%ADt%C5%91_lap) ) and add the sack of 1526.

[@theserenedogeofvenice3895]

I enjoyed this video enjoyed this video. Also surprised that Paris didn't make the list.

[@kingfrederikofprussiathemo7830]

Why paris?

[@adrianatgaming8640]

and vienna

[@LeMariachi]

@@kingfrederikofprussiathemo7830 Because there were at least 5 raids on Paris by the Vikings. Besides, the last siege by the Prussians in 1871.

[@LeMariachi]

@@adrianatgaming8640 Yes, I would have bet on Vienna with already 2 failed sieges by the Ottomans and kind of one by Napoleon (Wagram).

[@daisychain5125]

@@LeMariachi Raids are not sieges though. Maybe one of them could be considered a proper siege, but barely. And definitely not all of them. The stability of France makes it not surprising that Paris is not on the list. Paris also isn't in a strategic location : even when the city switched hands, this was rarely with a siege, the matter had been dealt with beforehand.

[@gabem.5242]

@EmperorTigerstar: Where's Gaeta (Italy)? It sustained 14 sieges and won 13 of them. the 14th was when the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies finally surrendered to the Piedmontan armies in 1861, finally letting the Kingdom of Italy be formed. 6 of them are reported in writing in the local Town Hall, while the other 8 (despite being cited by contemporary sources) are reported by second-hand sources in other parts of the Peninsula. it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeta

[@CrazyVolus]

Nice one! Would have liked a list of sieges, dates, and outcomes rather than just a count, i.e. Ottoman Siege of 1453 (City Fell) for Constantinople. I thought Vienna would have made the list though.

[@silasroth5200]

I called Syricuse and Tyre beforehand and I’m very happy😂

[@Amar90]

I was waiting for Baghdad 😂 Mesopotamia has been invaded more than Google has invaded our privacy

[@laugechristophersen9913]

I seem to remember Belgrade being destroyed 15 times or so - can you do one on "Most destroyed citiest"?

[@parkerprice6787]

You should try this, but accounting for the length of the sieges. How many years has each been under siege? Would that push Candia onto the list?

[@peternagy6067]

What about Budapest Hungary wich had more than 15 Just to name a few, it isnt complete: 1241-2 Mongols 1529 Turkish 1530 Habsburg (poorly handeled, immidiatly collapsed) 1541 Turkish 1542 Habsburg 1598 Habsburgs 1602 Habsburgs (15 years war) 1603 Habsburgs again 1684 Holy Lige (Habsburgs) 1686 Holy Liege (Habsburg) 1705-9 Hungarian rebels sorround the city 1849 Habsburg Austrians 1849 Hungarians rebels 1949 Austrians 1920 Romanians 1945 Germans (little resistance) 1945 Russians (hard siege like Stalingrad) 1956 october 23-29 Russians (against rebel strongholds) 1956 november 4-9 Russians (against rebel strongholds) The list isnt complete for exaple there were countless wars for the title of Hungarian king between 1038 and 1526, so there should be more. Even if you disregarad some it should have ended on the list, specially before Belgrade wich were an central part of the otthoman Empire, and attacked less by westerners than Buda, wich were the frontire of 150years of war between Habsburg and Otthmans.

[@ErichZornerzfun]

Maybe he is counting Buda and Pest as separate cities. But yeah I'd still think it would be a contender.

[@martonbenedekrigo5502]

So what are you sayin is that this list is incomplete, YOU CAN HELP BY EXPANDING IT!!!!

[@jerrell1169]

As far as East Asian sieges are concerned, the Art of War is likely heavily to blame for why there has historically been so few. The Art of War was hugely influential throughout most of East Asia and was translated and or paraphrased in many different languages. And within the Art of War Sun Tzu specifically states to avoid sieges at all costs, as he saw it benefiting neither the attacker nor defender in any capacity. Therefore most East Asian generals (especially Chinese ones) would probably go as far out of their way as possible to avoid besieging a city.

[@shenzhong2942]

instead of laying siege to a city, it’s more common in asia to block the supply routes and starve out the enemy, rather than waste troops trying to invade it

[@paulclaw6517]

@@shenzhong2942 Isn't that what siege literally means?

[@shenzhong2942]

@@paulclaw6517 i mistyped. i meant it was less common to attack a city directly and waste resources than to surround and cut off its supply routes

[@blob7963]

What was the shortest peace time between two countries (not including cease fires)?

[@tiberiuswolf8259]

I was expecting Vienna to make an appearance somewhere tbh. Definitely not near the top, but like, I was expecting more from it.

[@090giver090]

"Third time's a charm" Alaric (probably) :)

[@BloodRider1914]

4:48 But in reality reality is reality, isn't that reality

[@itsblitz4437]

Man crazy list. It just makes wonder how do sieges form and how does it work since sieges are more of a form of ancient warfare?

[@1sfgmen]

1:40 The city of Nanjing (Ancient name Jian Ye) in China defiantly had besieged at least dozen time

[@jeffreygao3956]

Never let Brynden Tully travel to Constantinople. He finds sieges dull.

[@weah1986]

Great video! Just a tip: it's Pavía, not Pàvia. Greetings from Italy!

[@shepardthemailman]

That's a lot of sieges!

[@VeryLegitPerson]

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[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

“All of the top cities are in Europe and the middle east” I don’t doubt it but can immediately think of a different reason that might be the case. Did you make sure to use foreign language sources? There’s also the possibility your parameters make them inapplicable due to not adhering to the fortified city model. Notably for much of its history the Roman Empire didn’t focus a lot on walled cities for instance.

[@charlieputzel7735]

Yeah, the last one wasn't a surprise at all. Cool to see the others though, I'm also surprised there weren't any from east Asia or India, would have thought north western Indian cities like Delhi would have been targeted a lot by groups like the Timurids.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Where around in Delhi did they fight though outside the city walls or within.

[@christopherellis2663]

So, I am in Timişoara, 🇹🇩besieged in 1716, having come from Beograd,🇷🇸 and was in Sarajevo🇧🇦 (besieged recently). And Gibraltar, 🇬🇮

[@TDenterpriser]

How about a video on the longest sieges in history

[@welcometonebalia]

I'm surprised Vienna isn't at all on the list.

[@nirfz]

German wiki lists 15 actuall sieges of vienna. And if you include when a siege was planned but got somehow "avoided" you get to around 24 on the list.

[@TheAnakinn]

Me, seeing the title: "It's gonna be Constantinople, isn't it?"

[@alhistoriartealbertomartin4253]

Zaragoza (Spain). Caesaraugusta. Be sieged years 472, 571, 653, 714, 754, 771, 802, 904, 937, 1086, 1101, 1110, 1118, 1364, 1591, 1710, 1808, 1809, 1823, 1838, 1854, 1936. The sieges 1808 and 1809 by napoleonic forces famous in all Europe.

[@erikno2992]

Good video, haven't watched it yet, take my like

[@ArtinJ]

Seeing the title I knew the first was Istanbul. Idk how I knew

[@amienabled6665]

*Constantinople

[@TheBurak47]

@@amienabled6665 Like it or not, it is Istanbul not Constantinople.

[@paradoxicaloutcome1007]

@@amienabled6665 *Byzantium

[@egeumuttali7295]

@@amienabled6665 *Tsargrad

[@paulmayson3129]

@@TheBurak47 Most of the sieges occured in New Rome (the true official name of the city under the Roman Greeks). And Istanbul is a much larger city, including other townships like Chrysopolis, Chalkedon, Diplokionon, Phocaea, Pege, Sykes, Galatas, Strongylion, Hebdomon, Nymphas, Thermopolium, Dekaton etc.

[@user-bc9ru2ol6o]

Jerusalem : I'm most besieged city in history ! Constantinople : excuse me W H A T ?

[@greymagic857]

I think a really good one to do would be the longest sieges in history. There were a few I know of that lasted multiple years. Also no surprised for #1.

[@Roronoa79]

I'm surprised Adrianopolis didn't make the cut. It changed hands so many times but I guess many of them were decided by battles, not sieges.

[@Catman2123]

“Randall, there’s a besieging army outside!” “Our city straddles the Bosphorus, you’re going to find a besieging army outside”

[@commandercody1210]

I just started watching and I think its Constantinople or Vennia I may just be thinking of the single time it was but still. Edit: Nvm this is a listing viedo and Vennia wasn't even on it.

[@mappingshaman5280]

Vienna would probably only be twice.

[@tim333y7]

I just looked it up and I think Vienna had 14 Sieges, but idk why its not on the list

[@commandercody1210]

@@tim333y7 Huh

[@chainmbl4257]

Can you do a video about the longest siege in history?

[@tritium1998]

Some cities got taken over by so many different foreign empires but I'm not sure it involved sieges.

[@SacredPotatoo]

Not surprised that Istanbul is the most besieged city in history.

[@DeclinedMercy]

Constantinople

[@theguystealingyourinternet3712]

6:44 Jersualem(Israel) *several people are typing*

[@MrCrashDavi]

+

[@crusader2112]

Grab The Popcorn

[@paulmayson3129]

Did you also count the sieges of New Rome (Constantinople) during internal civil wars of the Medieval Romans? There were quite a few, like the one by Thomas the Slav using the Roman Greek armies of Thrace and Macedonia in 821 AD, and an attack of the Roman Greeks of the Theme of Hellas in 727 AD against the capital. Usually those sieges did not last long, and mostly were decided by the popular support of the Citizens of New Rome (Polites), either by holding the defence or breaking it for the usurper to enter the city.

[@sunnyjim1355]

For those who are interested; the opening scene is of Carcassonne, SW France.

[@xDeamonChannel]

Biggest city in Europe with 0 sieges: VENICE

[@Apokalypse456]

@nowai90 ask Tyre how that worked out

[@leonardodavid2842]

@@Apokalypse456 Difference being the mainland closest to a Venice is swamp. So unlike Tyre setting up a siege alone the coastline is extremly dangerous and impractical.

[@calvinunroe2312]

I’m actually very surprised Damascus isn’t on this list since it’s one of the oldest cities in the world and one of the largest through history.

[@MrAlex_Raven]

I remember checking out the list of incidents in Belgrade on wikipedia; and man, Belgrade averages being razed once every 50 years. I just knew it would show up on this list.

[@sststr]

I half-expected for Vienna to make the list. Guess the sieges of the city are more notable for their being memorable than numerous.