Justinian re-emperors himself. He then indulges in protracted revenge. You love to see it. He captures Apsimar and fishes Leontius out of whatever monastery he's been confined to. Has them both publicly executed.
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There are sporadic attestations in the ancient world for the tactical use of naphtha (a petroleum substance), during sieges and so forth. Greek Fire (the crusaders' term for it, actually) as a particularly naval weapon, consisting of some kind of pump/flamethrower apparatus ...
... mounted on Byzantine ships, is first attested in AD 671, in the great naval battles against the Arab fleets. I'd need to look into what exactly Heather's talking about, but I'd guess he just means some earlier use of naphtha.
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Thing rang a distant bell so I looked it up. John Malala, Chronographa Book XVI is the source. It's a bit elliptical. A philosopher named Proclus tells Marinus to obtain "red sulphur" and grind it up. It can then be shot at anything, and the sunlight will set it on fire.
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