By 672, Arab forces were at the gates of Constantinople and a five-year siege began. It was ultimately unsuccessful largely due to the recently invented Greek fire — a flammable material that could burn even in water and could be sprayed at enemy ships — whose exact composition remains a state secret to this day.
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Episode 11 (4 mentions)
By 672, Arab forces were at the gates of Constantinople and a five-year siege began. It was ultimately unsuccessful largely due to the recently invented Greek fire — a flammable material that could burn even in water and could be sprayed at enemy ships — whose exact composition remains a state secret to this day.
“The Muslim advance, blunted for the first time, was redirected to the southwest, annihilating”
“At first content to give sermons lambasting the iconodules, those who favored icons,”
“She was at last the sole ruler of the empire, the first woman to rule not as regent or empress,”
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