"This book offers a comprehensive review and reassessment of the classical sources describing the cryptographic Spartan device known as the scytale. Challenging the view promoted by modern historians which see the scytale as a simple 'stick'. Diepenbroek argues for its deserved status as a vehicle for secret communication in the ancient world. By way of comparison, Diepenbroek demonstrates that the cryptographic principles employed in the Spartan scytale show an encryption and coding system that is no less complex than some 20th-century transposition ciphers"--
"This book offers a comprehensive review and reassessment of the classical sources describing the cryptographic Spartan device known as the scytale. Challenging the view promoted by modern historians which see the scytale as a simple 'stick'. Diepenbroek argues for its deserved status as a vehicle for secret communication in the ancient world. By way of comparison, Diepenbroek demonstrates that the cryptographic principles employed in the Spartan scytale show an encryption and coding system that is no less complex than some 20th-century transposition ciphers"--
Martine Diepenbroek is a Dutch Classicist and Ancient Historian who finished her PhD on the topic of Ancient Cryptography at the University of Bristol, UK, in 2021. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, she is currently working on a number of publications based on her doctoral research.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on texts and translations Introduction Chapter 1: Structure of ancient Greek armies and military communication Chapter 2: Sparta and secrecy in non-Spartan sources Chapter 3: The scytale Chapter 4: Cryptography and steganography in Aeneas Tacticus' How to Survive Under Siege Chapter 5: Roman views towards the Spartan scytale Chapter 6: The development of the principle of the transposition cipher system of the scytale in ciphers from the Renaissance to the 21st century Conclusion Notes Bibliography Appendices
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on texts and translations Introduction Chapter 1: Structure of ancient Greek armies and military communication Chapter 2: Sparta and secrecy in non-Spartan sources Chapter 3: The scytale Chapter 4: Cryptography and steganography in Aeneas Tacticus' How to Survive Under Siege Chapter 5: Roman views towards the Spartan scytale Chapter 6: The development of the principle of the transposition cipher system of the scytale in ciphers from the Renaissance to the 21st century Conclusion Notes Bibliography Appendices
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