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Greek fire. Miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes, 11th-12th century. Artist: AnonymousGreek fire. Miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes, 11th-12th century. Found in the collection of the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
Greek fire during the Siege of Constantinople, 1832. Private Collection
Siege catapults, 1842. Artist: Friedrich Martin von ReibischSiege catapults, 1842. A mangonel throwing a projectile of Greek fire (left) and a trebuchet (right). Plate from A History of the Development and Customs of Chivalry, by Dr Franz Kottenkamp
Greek fire during the Siege of Constantinople, before 1839. Artist: Bruni, Fyodor Antonovich (1800-1875)Greek fire during the Siege of Constantinople, before 1839. Found in the collection of the Russian National Library, St. Petersburg
Siege, c1260, (1843). Artist: Henry ShawSiege, c1260, (1843). Copy of a manuscript illustration showing assailants, under cover of a kind of shed which has been moved by wheels up to the walls, undermining the tower
Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings, 1605. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius. (Antwerp, 1605)
Extremes Meet, 1863. Artist: John TennielExtremes Meet, 1863. This cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln on the left and Alexander II on the right, shaking hands across the divide, and with fighting and death taking place behind them