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The Encryption System Used by Julius Caesar in his Letters to Hide their Content

Cryptography is nearly as old as human language. Many civilizations felt the need to conceal their messages using more or less sophisticated encryption methods, as demonstrated by some documentary examples that have survived in Egypt, China, Mesopotamia, India, Greece… It is precisely in Egypt where the first example of cryptography has been found. The hieroglyphics […]

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Ambiorix’s Revolt, when the Gauls annihilated fifteen Roman cohorts with a cunning ruse

Strictly speaking, the term genocide was not formulated until 1939, being legally defined as a crime in 1948. However, as a concept (deliberate and systematic extermination of a human group), it is possible to recognize it in some historical episodes, some on a large scale and others on a smaller scale. One of those often […]