Ancient Times

Writing was the chief means of communication in those days. Rich people hired professional messengers who carried letters on foot, on horseback or by ship and army people also used homing pigeons. The Greeks developed a fast method to carry messages from city to city in 500 B.C. The system involved brick walls built close to each other and along which were holes representing the letters of the alphabet. People built fires through these holes and a watcher on the next wall relayed the message. This was called a visual telegraph. The ancient Romans also had a hand written paper called “Acta Diurna” which meant daily events.

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