Spies in the Ancient World, Part 2: On His Roman Emperor's Secret Service

Published: July 4, 2019, 7:15 a.m.

In this episode we are looking at ancient Greek cryptography and the Roman frumentarii, a group of wheat sellers who turned into the empire's premier intelligence outfit in the second century. \n\nIn the fourth century BC, Aeneas Tacticus wrote \u201cHow to...