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It seems like a fair amount of sieges ended when the attackers scaled the walls and opened the main gate from the inside, or through treachery that achieves the same. Did defenders ever take measures to prevent gates from being opened from the inside during sieges?

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It seems like a fair amount of sieges ended when the attackers scaled the walls and opened the main gate from the inside, or through treachery that achieves the same. Did defenders ever take measures to prevent gates from being opened from the inside during sieges?	835