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{{Era|Technology|Weapons}} | {{Era|Technology|Weapons}} | ||
{{WP-REAL|Greek fire}} | {{WP-REAL|Greek fire}} | ||
[[File:Setting_sail_9.png|thumb|250px|Ezio using Greek | [[File:Setting_sail_9.png|thumb|250px|Ezio using Greek fire]] | ||
'''Greek fire''' was a powerful incendiary [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] weapon that was a closely guarded military secret. Its true composition remains unknown to this day, despite multiple theories. | '''Greek fire''' was a powerful incendiary [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] weapon that was a closely guarded military secret. Its true composition remains unknown to this day, despite multiple theories. | ||
Greek | Greek fire was both used by [[ship]]s, and during the [[Den Defense|struggle for control]] of [[Assassin Dens]] in [[Constantinople]] during the [[Ottoman Civil War]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Greek | Greek fire was first used by the Byzantine Emperor {{Wiki|Leo III the Isaurian|Leon III}}'s army, when enemy vessels laid siege to Constantinople in the year 717. In the battle, the napalm-like substance burned through the enemy fleet, forcing them to call off their attack and flee west. | ||
In 1511, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] used Greek | In 1511, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] used Greek fire in order to destroy several ships, which prevented him from leaving the city. The [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]] also mounted Greek fire weapons along the barricades they used to defend their dens from [[Templars|Templar]] attacks.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Greek | *Greek fire was first seen in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0nRRFLJ5k E3 gameplay demo] of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''. | ||
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novelization]] of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', the defenders used Greek | *In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novelization]] of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', the defenders used Greek fire during the [[Siege of Viana]].<ref name="ACB (novel)">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)]]''</ref> | ||
*Greek fire is referenced in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', during a side memory; in 47 BCE, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] is tasked by the architect [[Vitruvius]] to destroy the reserves of "a Greek Fire of sorts" that the [[Rome|Roman]] General [[Agrippa]] had had manufactured.<ref name="Playing with Fire">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Playing with Fire]]</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | ||
Greek fire gun Concept.PNG|Concept art of the Greek | Greek fire gun Concept.PNG|Concept art of the Greek fire [[cannon]] | ||
Greek Fire Firing Nozel Concept.JPG|Concept art of the Greek | Greek Fire Firing Nozel Concept.JPG|Concept art of the Greek fire mechanism | ||
Assassin's Creed Revelations (4).jpg|Greek fire used during a Den Defense | Assassin's Creed Revelations (4).jpg|Greek fire used during a Den Defense | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]] | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{ACR}} | {{ACR}} | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 15 October 2018
Greek fire was a powerful incendiary Byzantine weapon that was a closely guarded military secret. Its true composition remains unknown to this day, despite multiple theories.
Greek fire was both used by ships, and during the struggle for control of Assassin Dens in Constantinople during the Ottoman Civil War.
History
Greek fire was first used by the Byzantine Emperor Leon III's army, when enemy vessels laid siege to Constantinople in the year 717. In the battle, the napalm-like substance burned through the enemy fleet, forcing them to call off their attack and flee west.
In 1511, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze used Greek fire in order to destroy several ships, which prevented him from leaving the city. The Ottoman Assassins also mounted Greek fire weapons along the barricades they used to defend their dens from Templar attacks.[1]
Trivia
- Greek fire was first seen in the E3 gameplay demo of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
- In the novelization of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the defenders used Greek fire during the Siege of Viana.[2]
- Greek fire is referenced in Assassin's Creed: Origins, during a side memory; in 47 BCE, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa is tasked by the architect Vitruvius to destroy the reserves of "a Greek Fire of sorts" that the Roman General Agrippa had had manufactured.[3]
Gallery
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Concept art of the Greek fire cannon -
Concept art of the Greek fire mechanism -
Greek fire used during a Den Defense
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Appearances
References
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