Unconquered City???

naraht

One trope in Fantasy is the idea of a City (almost certainly a Capital City) which has never been conquered for a *very* long time. iOTL, the city currently standing that has gone the longest without some level of conquest would probably be either London, Stockholm, Lisbon, or Bangkok (though the Thai coups make things iffy). Most European cities were conquered in some way either overtly in World War II or as part of the cold war with London, Moscow and the Neutrals as the exceptions. And I'm counting the 1917-1922 Russian Civil War as a conquest for Moscow.

(For these purposes, the City must be a leading city in a Nation and old (so if the USA was old enough, New York and Washington DC, but not Dover Delaware or Los Angeles).

So are there cities that have gone longer than London or Stockholm as Unconquered? (and yes, perhaps if the Russian Civil War counts for Moscow, should the War of the Roses count for London)
 

Ato

Arguably London was captured during the glorious revolution, so it's run should probably date from then.
 

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Tanc49 said:
Pre-1900 but Constantinople eh
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Yeah Constantinople went unconquered for 874 years, with its foundation in 330 AD as the starting point and Fourth Crusade in 1204 as the ending point.

Longer even than Rome, which went unconquered for 800 years. Using Brennus' sacking of Rome in 390 BC as the start point and the Visigoth sacking in 410 AD as the ending point.

London only went unconquered for 622 years (1066 to the Glorious Revolution).
 

Lamb

London does less than that with the various civil wars and coups from Stephen and Matilda all the way up to Henry Twdyr.

Of course if they don't count then neither does Big Willys English Holiday.
 

Cryhavoc101

Yes.....during the Glorious revolution London was not exactly 'sacked was it' -

"James, by his own choice, went under Dutch protective guard to Rochester in Kent on 18 December, just as William entered London, cheered by crowds dressed in orange ribbons or waving, lavishly distributed, oranges"

So London - 951 years
 

lionhead

Cryhavoc101 said:
Yes.....during the Glorious revolution London was not exactly 'sacked was it' -

"James, by his own choice, went under Dutch protective guard to Rochester in Kent on 18 December, just as William entered London, cheered by crowds dressed in orange ribbons or waving, lavishly distributed, oranges"

So London - 951 years
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not sacked, conquered. If it was occupied then it was conquered.
 
BiteNibbleChomp

BiteNibbleChomp

Trondheim/Nidaros. It was around in Viking times and AFAIK wasn't taken between the Viking Age and 1940. All of Norway's power in the middle ages was centred in Oslo, so Trondheim was just forgotten about.

- BNC
 

Archibald

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I think remote pacific islands (Pitcairn and the like) may qualify, too. Also towns or village closest from North and south poles (if there is any ?)
 
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