Greek fire
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greek-fire-162-9026261
title:
Greek fire
text:
Greek fire was an incendiary chemical weapon manufactured in and used by the Eastern Roman Empire from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries. The recipe for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret; historians have variously speculated that it was based on saltpeter, sulfur, or quicklime, though most modern scholars agree that it was based on petroleum mixed with resins, comparable in composition to modern napalm. Byzantine sailors would toss grenades loaded with Greek fire onto enem
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Incendiary weapon used by the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire
date created:
2001-11-08T19:28:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T10:06:16Z
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