Ten of the Longest Sieges In the History of The World

While living in lockdown, most people have compared their restricted lives to those of people in a besieged city. The Idea of a city under siege is chilling. The sound of explosions against the city walls and regular news of unlucky escapees getting caught served to lengthen the days. As time passed, the food reserves in the city would reduce, hunger would ravage the inhabitants, and with that, desperation. Well, that is based on the legendary siege of troy, which may or may not have happened, but it gave us the word trojan horse. The bravery of a small city ...