<P> The Achaeans besieged Troy for nine years . This part of the war is the least developed among surviving sources , which prefer to talk about events in the last year of the war . After the initial landing the army was gathered in its entirety again only in the tenth year . Thucydides deduces that this was due to lack of money . They raided the Trojan allies and spent time farming the Thracian peninsula . Troy was never completely besieged , thus it maintained communications with the interior of Asia Minor . Reinforcements continued to come until the very end . The Achaeans controlled only the entrance to the Dardanelles , and Troy and her allies controlled the shortest point at Abydos and Sestus and communicated with allies in Europe . </P>
<P> The Achaeans besieged Troy for nine years . This part of the war is the least developed among surviving sources , which prefer to talk about events in the last year of the war . After the initial landing the army was gathered in its entirety again only in the tenth year . Thucydides deduces that this was due to lack of money . They raided the Trojan allies and spent time farming the Thracian peninsula . Troy was never completely besieged , thus it maintained communications with the interior of Asia Minor . Reinforcements continued to come until the very end . The Achaeans controlled only the entrance to the Dardanelles , and Troy and her allies controlled the shortest point at Abydos and Sestus and communicated with allies in Europe . </P>
who was laying siege in the city of troy
who was laying siege in the city of troy
The Achaeans
The Achaeans