The Greek Fire: A devastating incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire from the 7th century CE, Greek Fire could burn on water and was nearly impossible to extinguish. Projected through siphons on ships, it gave the Byzantines a crucial naval advantage. The exact composition, likely involving petroleum, quicklime, and sulfur, was a closely guarded state secret and was lost after Constantinople's fall, remaining a mystery.
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