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the City That Would Not Fall: Greek Fire and Sieges of Constantinople, 626-718

Name: the City That Would Not Fall: Greek Fire and Sieges of Constantinople, 626-718
Brand: Independently Published
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Bol For a thousand years, the walls of Constantinople held. But in the summer of 626, and again in 674 and 717, they nearly fell. This is the story of those three great sieges, when the Roman Empire's last city stood alone against the armies of the Avars, Persians, and Arabs-and how Greek fire, poured from brass siphons, turned the tide.This edition includes four original tactical diagrams and maps, showing phase by phase how the battles unfolded: the placement of ships, the flow of assault columns, and the critical moments when flame met wood. Order-of-battle tables lay out the forces on both sides, and all anecdotes are sourced to the primary historians by name-Theophanes, Nikephoros, and the Chronicon Paschale.For readers of narrative military history who want the grit of the fight, not just the legend.

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For a thousand years, the walls of Constantinople held. But in the summer of 626, and again in 674 and 717, they nearly fell. This is the story of those three great sieges, when the Roman Empire's last city stood alone against the armies of the Avars, Persians, and Arabs-and how Greek fire, poured from brass siphons, turned the tide.This edition includes four original tactical diagrams and maps, showing phase by phase how the battles unfolded: the placement of ships, the flow of assault columns, and the critical moments when flame met wood. Order-of-battle tables lay out the forces on both sides, and all anecdotes are sourced to the primary historians by name-Theophanes, Nikephoros, and the Chronicon Paschale.For readers of narrative military history who want the grit of the fight, not just the legend.

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