33. Sieged, and Sieged Again
Between the death of Constantine in 330 A.D. and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, Constantinople was sieged at least seventeen times. In a genuinely enviable record, the sieges were only successful twice, with the Byzantines being able to reclaim the city after one of the attempts. As the name would imply, the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 was ultimately the end of the city as it was known, and the Byzantines never recaptured it.
