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The Central Fire
Central fire. Image by Pixabay on Pexels.com.
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Greek Fire Grenades
Two clay grenades which were designed to be filled with the flammable liquid known as Greek Fire and launched at the enemy. Greek Fire was first used in the Byzantine empire in 678 CE. These examples date to between the 10th and 12th century...
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The Reichstag Fire, 1933
A photograph of the Reichstag Fire of 27 February 1933, an arson attack on the German parliament blamed on a communist anarchist Marinus van der Lubbe but more likely the work of the Nazi party’s paramilitary group the Sturmabteilung (SA...
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Fire of Moscow, 1812
The fire of Moscow during the French occupation of the city, 1812. Napoleon is featured in the center. Painting by Viktor Mazurovsky.
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Greek Fire
A 12th century CE illustration of the Byzantine weapon Greek Fire in action. The weapon sprayed a petroleum-based liquid to set ablaze anything in its path, especially ships. Here the battle is between ships of Michael II and those of Thomas...
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Sufferer of St. Anthony's Fire
A detail of a c. 1512 CE painting by Mathias Grunewald showing a man suffering from St. Anthony's fire (ergotism). 'Temptation of St. Anthony'. (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France)
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The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush
The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush, Folio from a Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings) of Ferdowsi (935–1020 CE)
Iran, 1482 CE
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Musketeer Volley Fire
English Civil War (1642-51) re-enactors demonstrating musket volley fire. The Sealed Knot re-enactment group, Fernhurst Furnace, West Sussex, England.
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Fire at the Riverbank by Gauguin
An 1886 oil on canvas, Fire at the Riverbank, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Brittany using the quickly applied brushstrokes typical of the impressionism technique. (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza...