The Spartan scytale and developments in ancient and modern cryptography /

The Spartan scytale and developments in ancient and modern cryptography /

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Author / Creator:Diepenbroek, Martine, author.
Imprint:London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024.
©2024
Description:xiii, 243 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs
Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subject:
Cryptography -- Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city) -- History.
Cryptography -- History.
Ciphers -- History.
Military intelligence -- History.
Ciphers
Cryptography
Military intelligence
Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city)
History
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13316715
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ISBN:9781350281325
1350281328
9781350281318
135028131X
9781350281288
9781350281295
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"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"--
Other form:Online version: Diepenbroek, Martine. Spartan scytale and developments in ancient and modern cryptography New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023 9781350281288

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