Greek Fire was a legendary Byzantine weapon that appeared around 672 AD, capable of burning on water and clinging to ships and men, which baffled enemies for centuries; however, its formula was never written down and was known only to one family, causing this powerful medieval weapon to be lost when the empire fell, with chemists and historians still unable to determine its exact composition.
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One Family Guarded This Weapon's Secret for CenturiesAdded:
The Byzantine Empire had a weapon that burned on water. Armies who faced it thought it was sorcery. One, Greek fire appeared in 672 AD. It clung to ships, to men, [music] to the water itself. Water could not put it out. Two, enemies tried to copy it for a century. None succeeded. The formula was known only to one family, never written down.
Three, the formula died with the empire.
Chemists and historians still cannot [music] agree on what it contained. The most feared weapon in medieval warfare was lost because no one was allowed to record it. Subscribe for more.
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