"Instant antique for stainless-steel warriors!"

[Theodosius the Great]

I thought they had just stationed large mirrors on their walls and towers and used those to light the enemy ships, I did not know they used polished pieces of armor...

I don't know if the Greeks or Romans even had mirrors.

But from my understanding of the story : shields were polished to a mirror finish to reflect the sun's rays through a giant glass that was properly aimed at the ships. The glass piece would intesify the reflected rays to lethal degrees. Sounds fantastic, but I have an open mind on the subject.

If our Greek speaking members have access to the original sources maybe they can translate the exact passage and tell us if polished shields were in fact used.