Greetings all,
In the news, an interesting article about a Byzantine era beacon warning system that could send a message 400 miles in 84 minutes:
It ran from southern Anatolia to the Pharos lighthouse in Constantinople during the reign of the Emperor Theophilos (829-842 AD) and could send different prearranged messages depending on which hour a fire was lit.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
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