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           Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg Image from an illuminated manuscript, the Skylitzes manuscript in Madrid, showing  Greek fire in use against the fleet of the rebel  en:Thomas the Slav  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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           12th century | 
          
          
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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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