Greek Fire: The Secret Weapon That Saved An Empire

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Greek Fire was a secret incendiary weapon first deployed by the Byzantine Empire Navy during the First Arab Siege of Constantinople in 674-678 AD. The attacking Umayyad Caliphate's fleet had no answer to the devastating new weapon and were completely decimated in battle. The Byzantines won the battle and the Empire survived.

The Umayyad Caliphate tried again to conquer Constantinople in 717 but their navy was again destroyed by the Byzantine Navy's use of Greek Fire. Learn why these 2 battles were so important to the history of the Byzantine Empire and even Europe itself.

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good old Greek fire....purifying heretics since 672 AC!

vasilevetisan
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I love the smell of greek fire in the morning..

MrJoselewis
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You deserve so many more subs, this is amazing work, keep it up!

isiiis
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The way you describe history is so epic it's like listening to lore

Eli-ddjc
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Don't give up, with time and determination you can climb up the ranks. Keep it up!

scipio
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here in greece the name for the greek fire is liquid fire

gigenisgigenis
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The picture at 3:33 is inaccurate - why are there minarets inside Constantinople? Those were built after 1453 by the Turks...

brydenholley
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Must be george rr martins inspiration for wildfire

SaetiStrakur
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Among the mystery of the ages. Greek Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

lesliesylvan
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Kalinikos from Syria surely was an alchemist.

theopapas
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Byzantine says: BURN! Pretty horrible weapon, just like napalm or phosphorus bombs.

Into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of War! Vulkan's fire beats in my breast, With it we shall smite the foes of the Emperor!^^

Daimon-X
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Greek fire. Basically the flamethrower of thw ancient age

adivtayudhatama
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As much as i know it was used even after the 12th century, knights of St. John for example were using it in 1565. during the graet siege of Malta,

ivanl
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Greek fire was still used by Constantine XI in 1453... so the secret recipe was probably lost during that time

alsiyonealternate
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About as secret as Novichek. The secret wasn't in the substance, it was in the delivery system.

patricks
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Horrible form of death for those on the receiving end, but if the weapon had not been used Constantinople would have been lost and there would have been Islamic invasion into Europe. History would be different. Of course modern man has created worse weapons and far more destructive. My late Papou was born in Constantinople while it was still called Constantinople in 1895. I taught English there and have many Turkish friends. I have a published article about the Arab siege of Constantinople, but I'd have to wait till I can get on my laptop to post it. "Istanbul" by Dr. Thomas Madden is really good.

mrpatriot
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They called it πυρ Ρωμαϊκόν, "Roman fire, " or πυρ θαλάσσιον, "sea fire."
At some point, they later called it υγρον πυρ, or "liquid fire/fire liquid"

histguy
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Love Greek Fire & the Byzantine Empire. I’m not a fan of the Ottoman or Turk/ Muslim empires although they had some of the most gifted mathematicians among them.

lindsayhengehold
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And then all of a sudden in 860: 200 longships filled with 20.000 fearless Vikings arrive from the north!
-ODIN!

Merecir
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why did hostilities stop in the winter and resume in spring? Wouldn't they keep fighting through winter?

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