Statistics for Most Besieged Cities Throughout History

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Number of Sieges	First Siege	Last Siege	City	% Correct
18	478 BC	1453	Istanbul	95%
19	925 BC	1967	Jerusalem	93%
15	408–410	1870	Rome	82%
6	845	1870–71	Paris	80%
6	812–813	1638	Baghdad	53%
6	48–47 BC	1801	Alexandria	46%
6	634	1400	Damascus	45%
7	637	2012–2016	Aleppo	39%
7	1541	1944–1945	Budapest	33%
7	536	1528	Naples	31%
7	540	1268	Antioch	26%
11	800–801	1808	Barcelona	24%
14	588	1806	Belgrade	23%
13	415–413 BC	1735	Syracuse	22%
16	1309	1779–83	Gibraltar	19%
11	724–720 BC	1187	Tyre	19%
6	1102	1799	Jaffa	17%
6	1102	1799	Acre	15%
6	1522	1800	Genoa	14%
9	254	1422–1430	Thessaloniki	13%
6	1106	1262	Cologne	10%
7	502	1146	Edessa	7%
6	451	1870	Metz	6%
6	721	1226	Toulouse	6%
7	953	1813–1814	Mainz	5%
7	211 BC	1734	Capua	3%
10	359	2015–2016	Diyarbakır	3%
6	1509	1790–1792	Oran	3%
10	569–572	1706	Pavia	3%
6	1502	1654	Smolensk	3%
8	1224	1704	Tartu	3%
6	1595	1705	Huy	2%
6	337	972	Nisibis	2%
6	1435	1860–1861	Gaeta	1%
6	1543	1794	Landrecies	1%
6	1579	1793	Maastricht	1%
9	1558	1608	Paide	1%
9	1743	1962	Puerto Cabello	1%
7	921	1634	Regensburg	1%
6	575	1745	Tournai	1%
7	1211	1600	Viljandi	1%
6	1383	1794	Ypres	1%