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The caption above the left ship reads, στόλος Ρωμαίων πυρπολῶν τὸν τῶν ἐναντίων στόλον, i.e. "the fleet of the Romans setting ablaze the fleet of the enemies".

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Codex Skylitzes Matritensis, Bibliteca Nacional de Madrid, Vitr. 26-2, Bild-Nr. 77, f 34 v. b. (taken from Pászthory, p. 31)

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Emmerich Pászthory: "Über das 'Griechische Feuer'. Die Analyse eines spätantiken Waffensystems", Antike Welt, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1986), pp. 27–38

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