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Polybius invented messages with fire signals, 19th century (engraving)

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PVD1869685
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Polybius invented messages with fire signals, 19th century (engraving)
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engraving
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C19th AD
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Polybius (210-126 BC) invented messages with fire signals (messages could be sent by means of torches raised and lowered to signify the column and row of each letter), engraving

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19th century / Antiquity / countryside / communication / fire / engraving / message / black and white / 2nd century BC / torch
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