Naval Power of High Byzantium
Greek Fire launcher, mounted below the forecastle, in operation against Arab fleet during Second Siege of Constantinople, 717. ‘Navigantium fortitudo mihi soli inest’, is a remark made by Nicephorus II (as reported by Liutprand). Nicephorus could make this boast in truth, since the emperors of High Byzantium succeeded gradually in building up a fleet […]
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