How did Polybius perfect Cleoxenus and Democleitus signalling method, 2200 years ago? (2013)
Matricciani, Emilio (Author)
Norando, Tullia (Author)
Delfino, Paola Magnaghi (Author)
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Volume: 4
Pages: 33-46
The Greek historian Polybius (200-118B.C.) is known in the history of cryptography for the cipher named after him and described in his "Histories". Polybius' purpose, however, was not to code a message for sercrecy, but to transmit any message by signalling each letter of Greek alphabet with torches. This is one of the earliest writing-at-distance communication system known to us.
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