What Are the Byzantine Grenadiers and Flamethrowers? #shorts

The documentary begins with the broad trajectory of fire weapons, beginning as soon as mankind first learned to tame this powerful force of nature. The eventual discovery and exploitation of Naphtha would change the game by introducing a highly flammable liquid. The Byzantines quickly took control of the new material, shrouded it in secrecy, and experimented with ways on how to turn it into a weapon, leading to the famous Byzantine fire ships which are widely attested to. In this documentary, however, we look at the land application of the Byzantine grenadier and flamethrowers.

#shorts #history #documentary #rome

[ROBERTJMKLSDMQ]

Bro with the flamethrower lookin' straight out of 40k

[abriefsummaryofhistory]

Dude this shit looks like something out of a RPG game

[TheGeoArchaeologist]

“It’s 1250 why do I hear fortunate son playing”

[akbrahma]

Man the Byzantines were so advanced, it's almost unbelievable. Corruption and Politicking brought down a great empire.

[bnzayizkoolyo]

everybody gangster till the Byzantine flamethrower pull up

[yohanneslong]

From Legionary to Grenadiers... The Romans never cease to impress us

[JazzJackrabbit]

From what we know, the 'flamethrowers' were mainly mounted on Dromon and used to set fire to ships.

[Lex]

To those saying the infantry handheld flamethrower isn't documented, there is a Byzantine manuscript depicting a soldier holding one.

[darkxarchon]

Byzantine history needs more love in popular culture.

[Paladn]

Seeing medieval soldiers carry flamethrowers is like seeing a senario that a time traveler from the future manage to use his knowledge produce these weapons for the byzantine empire.

[sum_andres]

Please more on these rare units of the Byzantines

[panayotisskivalos]

For anyone who doesn't know, this Greek Fire can't be extinguished by water

[xochitlxochipa]

Yes the real impact in battlefield those weapons and units had may be unknown to us, but just have in mind that the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern Roman Empire) survived the fall of the Western Empire for one thousand years.

[ivareskesner]

Just trying to picture all this in my mind is fun enough. Imagine actually being able to be a fly on the wall (so to speak. Invulnerable and invisible, in other words) on a battlefield and being able to actually see a battle where such weapons were used fist hand and close up.

[classeontop]

It was so classified in fact, that they eventually forgot about how to make them.

[colonelcrockett]

I thought this was some shit out of Warhammer for a second

[samuelrapp]

You can play both units in conqueror's blade. I had no idea it had a real historical basis, so impressed

[sirgamer]

Wait till the archeologists find the Byzantine assault rifle.

[wiamleiss]

History is always 10x more fascinating than the idea we have from grade school curriculum and media portrayals. Also many people aren’t aware of just how old firearms and explosives/incendiary weapons really are. It’s crazy to think that these types of weapons are the better part of 1000 years old at a minimum

[kevinisnotscargaming]

And they say Byzantines suck arse compared to Imperial rome. To be fair in terms of land, resources and troops it is true but in terms of badassery the Byzantines are better