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The caption above the left ship reads, στόλος Ρωμαίων πυρπολῶν τὸντῶν ἐναντίων στόλον, Teutonic Order "the fleet of the Romans setting ablaze the fleet of the enemies".
References
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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