How to Survive a Siege, Part 2: Gnaw Off Your Finger, Leave it On the Ground

Did the Mongols really kill 1.3 million people in a single day? How does civilization devolve in a city under siege when the food runs out? What really went down during the sack of Troy–and what clues did ancient writers leave us? All of this–plus our best siege survival hacks from the ancient world.

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