What Was Greek Fire? - History

[@FalconFastest123]

According to some sources, when the arabs tried to douse the Greek Fire with water, it caused the flames to grow even bigger and hotter, like trying to douse an oil fire with water in the kitchen. This so terrified the arabs that they called it the flames of hell.

[@aokiaoki4238]

Oil

[@pw8160]

tatum ergo I think he means how water on an oil fire just spreads it

[@Keyhan-c8c]

@@tatumergo3931 its an oil , its different than the wood on fire.

[@arjan2125]

@@tatumergo3931 so what did you mean with the NaCl?

[@arjan2125]

@@tatumergo3931 NaCl is a salt, if you break it down you have Na+ and Cl-, not Na or Cl. Na+ is not reactive at all with water and Cl- is not a deadly gas. KNO3 doesn't ignite nafta, it is used to replace the need of oxygen in the burning reaction of nafta, which means something else needs to ignite it.

[@arnauddelacroix6423]

8:38 THE HOLY HAND GRENADE OF ANTIOCH!

[@porothashawarma2339]

Piae Jesu Dominae ! Dona Aeis requiem *whack*

[@merchantman3955]

Yea

[@FloatingOer]

"I love the smell of greek fire in the morning" -some greek seaman probably

[@sethleoric2598]

Hahaha "Seaman"

[@justinefirst7458]

Seth Leoric Could you tell me what is mean ?

[@sethleoric2598]

@@justinefirst7458 seaman say it fast, you might mispronounce it as Seamen and thus Semen Jizz Splooge, sperm etc.

[@sethleoric2598]

@the Achaean ah...

[@sethleoric2598]

@the Achaean wait i have a quote here: "Rick Riordan, you lying prick" -Sam o' Nella (i know this guy gets stuff from Wikepedia but still)

[@pyrrhocorax]

In Greece, we call Greek fire "ὑγρὸν πῦρ" or "υγρό πυρ" meaning "liquid fire".

[@flamingeonak0974]

Αυτη τη περιοδο η ανατολικη ρωμη ηταν ενα ελληνικο κρατος με καθαρα ελληνικο πληθυσμο με μειονωτητες σλαβων και αρμενιων απλα οι ελληνες φωναζαν τους ευαυτους τους ρωμαιους καθως ετσι ονομαζοταν το κρατος τους και ηταν ονομα που εδινε κυρος αποδειξη αυτου ειναι που οι ελληνες της Μ.Ασιας μςχρι και σημερα λεγοντε Ρωμιοι

[@pyrrhocorax]

@@flamingeonak0974 Δεν καταλαβαίνω τι σχέση έχει το σχόλιο σου με το δικό μου.

[@innosanto]

flamingeonak09 ποια περίοδο; Αυτό που λες είναι μετά 1070. Από 800 μέχρι 1070 είναι σημαντικά ελληνικό αλλά και αρμενικό, κα μερικά αλλά πράγματα .

[@kostis2849]

@power man It is the third kind of accent in greek. It exists since byzantine times at least. It is called περισπωμένη.

[@kostis2849]

@@morticco Be nice to your bull

[@denoizewan7999]

"One does not simply walk into Constantinople" i see what you did there

[@MrDavidh4]

Especially when it's surrounded on three sides by water.

[@spaghettiking653]

What did he do? Can you explain, please? Thanks.

[@BADVlBES]

no@@spaghettiking653

[@helpme2401]

I literally heard it as I was reading this comment

[@denoizewan7999]

@@spaghettiking653 Fire of Learning made a Lord of the Rings reference

[@polandballhistorian8537]

yesyesyes byzantine HISTOORRY how LONG have i been WAITING for this MOMENT

[@lewismassie]

This is a pure example of how ancient peoples were not limited in their intelligence, only in their tools. Any human in all of known civilisation is of equal intelligence to me or you, and if brought up in today's society would be no different. Ancient tools like this in some respects are far more impressive when you take these things into consideration

[@realdaggerman105]

Nah mate. I could never invent anything half as revolutionary as greek fire now. They have me beat.

[@fairsaa7975]

@@realdaggerman105 fr

[@PsychoTherapist-qv5pw]

Fortunately wrong. Average intelligence has slowly but consistently risen throughout the ages. Doesn't mean they were all stupid. Reasons go from food to evolution.

[@TreeGod.]

@@PsychoTherapist-qv5pwI bet you believe humans have evolved from apes too

[@adrian225]

@@TreeGod. define "evolved from apes". We share a common ancestor with many monkey and ape species, which most likely was itself a species of apes or ape-like beings.

[@Platinum_Tugboat]

Im here from the GSP and Joe Rogan podcast. GSP briefly mentioned Greek fire, and as I have only heard it referenced one or more time, its sparked my curiosity. Love that channels like yours exist, for the curious mind like mine.

[@batozorange]

Excellent, Greek fire has been an interest of mine since Percy Jackson

[@thepanda6673]

Me too

[@tyleralarissheppard7774]

Who's here after the GSP JRE clip?

[@lopesronnie]

You got me haha

[@Megadextrious]

Me too lmao

[@fuicee571]

It was on my feed

[@tumelo4526]

same! I had even forgotten that till I heard "Compartmentalized" xD

[@TheJGJR9]

i am impressed by your performance

[@jamietremblay362]

Here from watching JRE interview with GSP.

[@EarthChampion_TophBeifong]

11:00 "the Roman empire would fall ONLY a few centuries later" dude, "only" a few centuries ago Napoleon was marching on Europe defeating nearly every enemy. Yes on History we just look a the numbers and say "oh, just 200" years of difference, but let's not downplay the amount of lifetimes the Roman empire (Byzantine) lasted for. From the 1204 Crusades to the 1453 fall of Constantinople, its the same amount of time between ourselves and the rule of the successor of the damn Sun King of France under a well established monarchy. Men still wore white hair wigs and makeup at the time.

[@Fireoflearning]

We make the mistake of thinking that 200 years ago was really that long ago, in my opinion. It really wasn't. There were Civil War vets living into the 40's and even 50's. If I learned that America were to fall in 200 years, I would view it as a fairly short time.

[@alphaz4741]

Men wear makeup today, they just get harassed for it now.

[@theuniverseisme432]

Men wear makeup today, we just call them by their preferred pronouns now.

[@nanashi2146]

@@theuniverseisme432 What a time to be alive 😐

[@vknight7497]

@@theuniverseisme432 I'd rather douse them in greek fire than submit to the political language enforced by the Woke Cathedral

[@kingjames4886]

well it floats... so it's probably some sort of burning fat or oil... probably with some sort of pitch or sticky tree resin added. seems like there's some sort of pre-heater in the system, so either it's too thick or has too high of a flashpoint in it's raw form. wonder if it's as simple as lard and pine sap :P

[@kingjames4886]

you also have to remember that something that may be the simplest scientific fact may have seemed like magic to an ancient person. for all we know the "secret" is as simple an an emulsifier to combine fat and water based sap... also I've never heard that it needed to be stored under pressure and honestly that seems unrealistic. really, most of the accounts of things like "burning on water" and "setting fire to whatever it touches" could be true for a simple oil fire... they'd probably think a disaster like an oil rig blowout was the wrath of the gods ffs lol.

[@kingjames4886]

@Xaris Xeros i think you're misinformed...

[@kingjames4886]

@Xaris Xeros ok, you obviously have more to say about it than I do...

[@prestonheck]

Your forgetting calcium carbonate when in contact with water ignites. Add that to the sap and “lard” and you have very nasty napalm. Then Add n***** and you have Greek fire.

[@LeatherCladVegan]

So, it's obviously a duck, then.

[@archenema6792]

The source of Greek Fire? Well, they WERE very fond of beans....

[@Azexlify]

By George, I think he's got it..

[@archenema6792]

@@Azexlify It's all over Hellenic literature. They generally translate beans as "pulses". Like the Greek Fire pulsing through the tube as someone pumps the bellows.

[@archenema6792]

@Xaris Xeros Beans were an Old World food and moved the other direction in the Columbian Exchange. Sorry Charlie.

[@archenema6792]

@Xaris Xeros Wasn't thinking or meaning the category of beans you were referring to: your psychic powers to read other's minds are failing. My original comment refers specifically to pulses, and there are several mentions of beans in ancient Greek sources. But thank you for pointing out to the folks at home what can go wrong when you pedantically analyze a joke.

[@Peter-o9o8d]

Disrespectful jerk ,just like all their enemies were fond of...cuck right,and they received it hard ...

[@chrisca]

One does not simply mess with the Empire

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

50% greek 50% fire

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

so 100% fire

[@allstarlord9110]

Samonella academy student?

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

@@allstarlord9110 maybe... 😜😜😜

[@og8263]

The inventor was a jewish refugee, so thats like 33% each

[@moroccanflower9119]

100% shytan

[@-KillaWatt-]

I like to think they used animal fats for Greek fire. In combination with tars and other substances. Pig grease to be more specific (some may get it) Anyone who's seen a grease fire knows water doesn't put it out. Fitting the description made by the Arabs of Greek fire. Animal grease would have been something readily available and it's combustion would have been well known to the people.

[@wesleygaray2666]

They could have but i feel like it would have been mixed with something else i don't know what though

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

Killa Watt Its definitely something oil- or fat-like, due to its ability to float.

[@nosuchthing8]

It sounds too easy to make

[@johninaki18]

Killing Muslims with pig fat. How ironic..

[@Vahapetautus]

@@johninaki18 they weren’t Muslims by then. Muhammad was still actually alive at that time, apparently dying in 632. I don’t believe Persia became Muslim for another few decades.

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

"A flammable liquid was likely heated, pressureised and pumped though a tube called a siphon (Pronounces it Greekly), a siphon."

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

Must have been truly terrifying if they didn't know about it, just ships spewing fire

[@Gekiko7167]

BY THE EMPEROR....

[@milankadar4864]

Burn the heritics - some roman probably

[@بوفارسبونورا-ص7ه]

Greek Fire ☄ one of the mysteries of history . A legendary weapon .

[@thetoniotchannel1345]

Yeah but we have napalm habibi

[@KingdomofArabia]

@@thetoniotchannel1345 you still got your asses handed to you sweetie. remember there's no more constantinople its istanbul now

[@bloodyrose1985]

Kingdom Of Arabia why did Constantinople get the world?

[@histguy101]

@@KingdomofArabia "Istanbul" is just the Greek term everyone used for Constantinople. It means "THE City," This phrase was used throughout Byzantine and Ottoman times. Ataturk, being from the army where the phrase was common, renamed the city officially in the 1920s to _*distance the Republic of Turkey from its Ottoman past*_.

[@realdaggerman105]

@@histguy101 Istanbul was Constantinople now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople, been a long time gone Constantinople how did Constantinople get the works?

[@toxicnaze]

Pythagoras’s theorem was greek fire 🔥 🔥

[@Fireoflearning]

Pythagoras: a^2 + b^2 = c^2 Ancient Greeks: Bruh

[@aokiaoki4238]

Greek fire was an explosive mix. It is described that white light and thunder sounds were caused by it and that terrified their opponents.

[@dylanmccallister1888]

White sounds like a sodium fire actually I wonder if an early chemist managed to seperate it out from all the salt the romans used to mine Maybe greek fire had a compound with sodium in the mix.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

😺 Byzantium - an extraordinary Empire in so many ways. My interest came through reading Sir Steven Runciman’s three volume history, which I recommend as an excellent introduction to the subject. Also very informative is the more recent work of John Julius Norwich which is another epic three volume masterpiece. Finally, for reference purposes, there is the Cambridge encyclopaedia of Byzantium in numerous volumes. These publications indicate the extent of the material that can be compiled around this intriguing period of history. Kind regards from a student of history in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@deepsouth3319]

I have read the three volume set of John Julius Norwich, in fact I had the good pleasure of corresponding with him by email before he passed. He was very cordial to me and I was very excited for the opportunity. He was a good and interesting man.

[@ThomasGazis]

I have read and re-read several times the three great volumes of professor Norwich! What bothers me though currently is that there are some anti Greek-Byzantine bigots who are falsifying history without giving a damn about it! They are academically strong, well organized and over-financed! They are ever producing luxury videos (with the title "Eastern Roman (something...)" with the sole purpose to deliberately de-Hellenize (de-graecicize) Byzantium and turn it into "Roman"! They are definitely serving an agenda but I don't exactly know what that agenda is...

[@markdin2988]

@@ThomasGazis lol

[@markdin2988]

@@ThomasGazis fire of learning has a video like that, search it in his Byzantine playlist

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

WTH is "Byzantium"? Try reading less western propaganda.

[@EdenElectorate]

Fire of Greek learning

[@jamesryan6224]

"Boil them in oil - OLIVE OIL!. lmao. Enemy stew for dinner?

[@sarnxero2628]

9:11 I'm sure you could imagine the horror of trying to sail up to the great city while the enemy ships coming towards you. Some soldiers on the enemy vessel point some kind of tube weapon at you suddenly Fortunate Son starts playing. 😂😂😂😂

[@TheArtOfMind]

I just accidentally came across “Greek fire” on Google. It’s baffling how they haven’t been able to completely recreate it.

[@ennui9745]

We don't know the exact recipe they used. But napalm, which is jellied gasoline, and white phosphorus, are just as deadly, and similarly they cannot be put out with water.

[@Capital2x]

AMAZING AS USUAL !!!!!!! & The great Byzantine Empire , among my most Favorite topics !!! Thanks for your hard work & dedication I truly appreciate it , I was hoping you'd go into depth about Greek Fire , I seen 1 of your older videos where you briefly covered it that was pretty interesting

[@ThomasGazis]

Roman fire, Roman fire, not Greek! I am joking of course! I am imitating the anti-Greek bigots who have created tens of videos like this one with the sole purpose to de-hellenize Byzantium and turn it by force into "Roman"...

[@sikamika9]

thumbs up because you said "efxaristo"!!

[@Guratza]

Actually in school we were taught it was called "υγρό πύρ" (ee-gr-o peer) which translates to "liquid fire". Το καλύτερο κανάλι στο youtube Best channel in youtube

[@vanmars5718]

And what the Greeks shouted to their enemies whilst poured them with their liquid fire???? Dracarys!!!

[@IronWarrior86]

Interestingly the word 'Naphtha' is derived from Persian. It seems the Persians used their own version of this incendiary mixture before the Greeks. Infact it's likely that the Greeks got the idea of adopting incendiary mixtures after having learned and seen the Persians use early thermal weapons.

[@Peter-o9o8d]

Oh yeah...is that why Ancient Greeks teached a lesson to the Persians,that they never forgot and never recovered from the attack . That's like North Korea obliterating USA for example ...not easy RIGHT 👉

[@kylepomeroyk-pom5499]

U can thank Joe Rogan and GSP for bringing me here

[@brainunlocker]

haha my boy

[@rursus8354]

The Greek Fire: 1. we don't know what it was, 2. we don't know where it came from. Reasonable guesses are just guesses.

[@perfectplayingplaids]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING A VIDEO ON THIS

[@that4711]

Imagine the history of Europe if the Byzantines didn't defend it from all the invaders from the east for more than 1000 years...

[@tresojos]

Most likely there would not have been the dark ages

[@tomcole5118]

@@tresojos You know the muslim conquests are a big part of why this time period is called the dark ages right? The western empire had fallen and most texts were now being produced by the eastern empire, with the caliphate invading roman territory anyone who would've been writing was more concerned with evading the destruction of war. It wouldn't be until the time of the crusades that European output of texts would ramp up again (likely due to the internal stability the wars brought to Europe) though monasteries continued to collect preserve all texts they came accross and are to thank for the majority of writtings that survived through the chaotic period after the fall of Rome. The term dark ages was coined by petrarch, an Italian historian with a fascination with Rome, he used the term to refer to the time he was living in, the 1300s, which is at the tail end of the middle ages and the beginning of the renaissance period. If you're suggesting that muslims ruling over Christian Europe would've made Europe a more enlightened place you're out of your mind. We only need to look to the Ottoman Empire to know what life for Christians under a caliphate is like, christian lands, even ones owned by ottoman empire, would be raided for slaves, young christian boys would be kidnapped and raised into government workers or soldiers, extra taxes were placed on christians and jews which made up most of the country's income and was so unbearable in areas like circassia that families would often sell their children as slaves.

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

@@tomcole5118 To be fair, the osmanli empire was far more liberal than let's say the spanish reconquista.

[@mkscorp9152]

It's 4:44 in the morning and I just watched both the History of England videos, now this, I think I might binge watch your vids ngl

[@kanyekubrick5391]

I can’t wait for that Byzantium history video!

[@masterneo96]

Very good contant as always! Cant wait for the documentary on the Byzantine empire ^^.

[@decem_sagittae]

Thank you for this video! I hope you'll cover more Eastern Roman history.

[@ThomasGazis]

Actually, not "Eastern Roman" but "Greek-Byzantine"!

[@Peter-o9o8d]

You mean Byzantine Greek ,right mate...

[@wizardjuan0juan589]

Love your videos man , keep up the good work

[@christopherkhill3213]

Great topic (and one liner w/ the Credence reference), Justin: People would assume the Arab forces grew over time, but they actually reached overwhelming levels very quickly. 'So glad to hear of the new Byzantine history focus, btw- Its relevance goes far beyond it's chronological ties to Rome as it served as the ground zero between two belligerent continents and two vastly different cultures.

[@zevlife7932]

The secret ingredient of Greek Fire was According to Wikipedia "White phosphorus emits a faint glow when exposed to oxygen - hence the name, taken from Greek mythology, Φωσφόρος meaning "light-bearer" (Latin ), referring to the "Morning Star", the planet Venus. The term "phosphorescence", meaning glow after illumination, derives from this property of phosphorus, although the word has since been used for a different physical process that produces a glow."

[@curtyos]

just a small error very minor the song is fortunate sons i believe great video

[@Wildledroses]

Gsp?

[@Aristocles22]

8:34 It's the holy hand grenade of Antioch!

[@MrDavidh4]

Greek Fire: The nuclear weapon of the ancient world.

[@ΣυνέσιοςΠαρτσάφας]

Kim yong un would be so proud

[@rickyyacine4818]

@@ΣυνέσιοςΠαρτσάφας damn siryan iq 200 and Armenians too greek wake up and start develop new weapons systems

[@paleamigo8575]

Extremely interesting info, thank you!

[@HVLLOW99]

8:03 snuk in some promo there at the ignitor i saw it yes i did.

[@jabubb]

Joe and GSP

[@kevoneill2681]

9:25 or so... “And then Favorite Son started playing from the enemy ships” I see what you did there. Touché Sir.

[@5bigdonkey]

Wow I am first and I am Greek Edit: HAHA JOKES ON YOU 6 THAT LIKED IT IM NOT GREEK OR FIRST!

[@Btn1136]

Recipe for Greek Fire or you’re lying! 😉

[@VarangianBodyguard]

*AGNI PARTHENE DESPOINA INTENSIFIES* 🔥 ☦

[@Faze-2]

Love your videos

[@thebrocialist8300]

It’s said that Ramiro I of Asturias utilized Greek Fire to dispatch the Vikings when they attempted to raid Santiago de Compostela - demonstrating the military prowess of the battle-hardened Reconquista forces of the resurrected (proto-Spanish) Ibero-Gothic kingdom.

[@Peter-o9o8d]

Yeah that's right mate Greek tech saved not only their asses but most of the known world ..show some humility and respect DH's..

[@lil-NBA-tv]

8:39 so basically a 9th century motolov cocktail

[@ShortBusScotty]

Love your vids, that being said , I got a laugh at the pic @ 7 mins in. Looks like the man is supplying the gas.

[@Мустафаиракский-я8ш]

Greek fire was effective when it was introduced in the first and second Sieges of Consantinople however it became useless later , the Byzantine Navy against the Arab Fatimids but they were completely destroyed in the Naval Battles , also the Fatimid and Umayyad Arabs in Andalus used it against the Vikings and the Byzantines themselves The Crusaders used against Timurlane but it wasn't effective.

[@Peter-o9o8d]

Only because traitors revealed the tech man ,it's the same today military armaments are kept secret... 1100 year Empire must have done somethings correctly ...right

[@Peter-o9o8d]

Because they could not copy it exactly hahahahaha, let's be real the military tech was advanced

[@quintenbruggink1595]

Greek fire is Fascinating

[@ivanvukasovic1371]

History of gunpowder one day maybe?

[@nomad7865]

So the greeks created mixtapes

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Few people know how mondern Byzantine technolgies were, they used forks, had many universities, big part of the population was litterate, Automatons in the Imperial room to impress foreign dignitaries and of course Medieval Napalm and freaking Grenades

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

7.00 minute. The white man in the left. Does he farts inside the weapon ?

[@米空軍パイロット]

Lol. He sits on air bags to create pressure with his weight.

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

No mate, believe me he farts. I'm Greek and I know. That was the secret ingredient...

[@szarekhthesilent2047]

@@米空軍パイロット Captain Harlock is right - it's the giant beans (high natural magensia salt - reduced to magnesia powder in greek intestines) + buckovo spice (essentially gunpowder, posing as dried plant parts). For greek fire death ray it has to be farted into the hot oil tube. That's also why pontus fell last - they really liked to spice their food slightly above average (/ph -500).

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Szarekh the Silent FINALLY, someone who knows about history !!!

[@otda3675]

Georges st Pierre sent me

[@omarmosaad9878]

same

[@GODCHOSEISRAEL70]

Sulfur or sulfuric acid Was used in Greek fire that's why it was in extinguishable its concentrated sulfuric acid.

[@NeonLine]

very interesting thanks

[@augustosarmentodeoliveira3023]

3:39 ok for that one I'll subscribe

[@Keyhan-c8c]

Wish there were more descriptions of how it fired! Did it fire rapidly or fired in turns? And wish someone described what the gunner is doing right before it fires, does he push a handle ,pull a handle, if he does which direction he does that, is it downwards or upwards? or drag a string?

[@realdaggerman105]

Well sadly one side wanted no info released and the other side was burning, so it is unfortunately lost to history.

[@chefboyjc9439]

0:58 *PRINCA ALI FABULOUS HE ALI ABABWA*

[@Broski_Nation]

"Greek Fire" , perfect name for a band!

[@DVEX1000]

Constantine was the Roman leader that allowed Christianity into their culture, they were new to christianity at that time, they weren't considered christian by some, they were sun worshippers before then.

[@DVEX1000]

@---lu8yk No need to be an asshole. The New Testament was written in Greek by anonymous donors and the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. It was later written in Latin by the Catholic Church as to control the information.

[@macanoodough]

Nice video. I noticed your astronomy playlist is a little light. You should do a video on The Standard Model.

[@Konschtimonschti]

* *Lannister Theme starts playing* *

[@anonymousalias.5059]

Super hot fire!!

[@Allen.Fepuleai]

GSP brought me here from Joe Rogans podcast

[@morelifeking2973]

I’m here because of GSP

[@GonzoniGiudicessi]

Woe to those of us that still lament the loss of Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, Damascus, Jerusalem, Joppa, Troas and Tyre to mention just a small fraction of what was lost during the moslem incursion. How interesting that we find ourselves in the same conflict now.

[@addiroids]

Gary Steophen Jr we need to retake Dearborn Michigan then Constantinople then Congress.

[@thesturm8686]

Deus Vult 2 anyone?

[@Мустафаиракский-я8ш]

Damascus , Jerusalem Tyre and others were all inhabited by Semetic Speaking People not Byzantines Byzantines were invaders nothing else.

[@violjohn]

I wonder if this is how the Aboriginal Americans feel about what they lost since 1492?

[@clinteastwood2741]

Beautiful

[@marcelcostache2504]

Greek Fire aka Roman Fire saved the Empire for another 800 years!.

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

The Byzantine were mostly greek .

[@histguy101]

@@shingosshojiopoulos6608 They spoke Greek, but Constantinople was a Roman city near Thrace. Greeks live in Greece.

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

@@histguy101 constantinople was a greek settlement called byzantion.Emperor Constantine who was also half greek made byzantion the capital of the empire and renamed it to new rome.

[@generalmichaelconstantine4598]

@@histguy101 Constantinople was literally founded by Greek-Illyrian Emperor Constantine the Great on top of the already Greek settlement of Byzantium.

[@histguy101]

@@generalmichaelconstantine4598 By the time of Constantine, old Greek Byzantium was long gone. The city was destroyed and totally depopulated by Septimius Severus, who later rebuilt it. Old Byzantium was located on the northeast tip of the Peninsula. Constantine's city encompassed the entire peninsula. The palace, the Hippodrome, the Forum, the "downtown" area, etc were all built outside of what was the limit of old Byzantium. Constantinople was inhabited by people from all over the empire. It's aristocracy and Senate was very much Latin. It was a true second capital of the Roman Empire, unlike Milan, Trier, Nicomedia, etc. They were simply Romans, citizens of Rome.

[@guysmcfellas615]

There's also a pretty boss song by Turisas called Greek Fire 🤘🔥

[@jakeg3733]

The first iteration of napalm. Fire is a terrifying weapon, to this day. No one wants to burn to death

[@cameronlenfesty4230]

You said “favourite son” starts playing I think you meant fortunate son 😉

[@HiltTilt]

*Fire* Of Learning

[@Fireoflearning]

That's the name

[@joelromero6074]

Ok, but What was Learning of Fire?

[@APEX-qv7rm]

Greek Fire was Naphta It explodes ...it sticks Burns in water ...it can be sprayed

[@Bone_Chaser]

Foreigners: *attempt to invade* general: bring me the holy hand grenade

[@LauLessPariah]

So the Greeks knew how to use Amaterasu

[@موسى_7]

FIRE of learning. Greek FIRE. This is a coincidence?

[@themadbmxman]

It's Fortunate son bud

[@dylanperkins7939]

Fire arrows that worked? Ehhh I don't think so. Larger ordinance that caught stuff on fire? Totally, but fire arrows are really difficult to make work. They're such a small payload that any spark or fire that they do manage to deliver is pretty inconsequential. You'd need a setup for it specifically, like dropping a big barrel of oil onto an area with a trebuchet, for example. Then fire arrows MIGHT catch it on fire.

[@Peter-o9o8d]

Doesn't matter what you think mate,Ancient Greeks not Byzantines actually had steam powered canons ...look it up .The world cannot keep this tech secret it existed and it worked cmon man...

[@dylanperkins7939]

@@Peter-o9o8d I have no idea what the hell you are talking about, I said absolutely nothing about steam cannons.

[@Peter-o9o8d]

@@dylanperkins7939 of course you don't know what the hell I'm talking about ...typical.What you think...about this topic doesn't matter mate the facts are there . If Ancient Greeks developed steam cannons,the Greek Byzantines developed Greek fire ,see the connection. You can't get away with insidious dismissive comments . I know exactly what I'm saying mate..

[@dylanperkins7939]

@@Peter-o9o8d Oh so you're actually challenging the fire arrows thing then? Ok. Ya, they don't work. At all. It's been proven literally dozens of times with recreations. There is one kind of fire arrow that kind of worked. It had a cage on the end with some embers in it, instead of a normal arrow head. They could carry more "fire" than a standard arrow. They still didn't work outside of specific circumstances. (very dry conditions, or the above noted oil example.)

[@Peter-o9o8d]

@@dylanperkins7939 yes man nothing personal

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

Outstanding. We brought the world much more than feta cheese. 😊

[@fanfire1014]

What was Greek fire? Well the fire of learning of course!

[@tarasdubenskyy508]

It's definitely a cool video. Still it's a common mistake to take the word 'Rus' as a precursor of smth only Russian. The full name of the country that suffered from Greek Fire was Kievan (Ukr. Kyivan) Rus because it's capital was Kyiv (in Russian 'Kiev'). Maybe at that time the differences between Eastern Slavic tribes were not that clear but nowadays Kyiv is nothing if not the capital of Ukraine NOT Russia. In addition a huge part if not the whole of today's Belorussia was an integral part of Kyivan Rus. Thank you for the video anyway.

[@KofeNePiu]

looks like dark souls introduction)

[@Spongebrain97]

My reaction would be " what sorcery is this!? "

[@skeet1441]

8:39 incendiary out!

[@suspiciousllama385]

A sealed tank filled with tar heated to above 400°c then some how released oil floats and can burn on water it would stick to things and would be crazy as hell if it were true

[@Virsho]

2:40 oh no dream refrence bad bad

[@goldiz1978]

It could have been something made from seaweed or algae with a flashpoint like petroleum..

[@wyatt1339]

“Favorite Son starts playing” lol close enough