History of messaging

Historians consider that messaging began in Egypt in 2,400 B.C. The ancient pharaohs had royal messengers who communicated the promulgated decrees to the people; the romans and greeks also created and standardized their own postal mail system.

The most relevant story mentioned about human messaging is the one (According to Herodotus) in which a Greek soldier named Pheidippides is sent from the Marathon battlefield to the city of Sparta, to orally announce victory of his people, on the Persian army, an event that occurred in the year 490 B.C.

After a day's journey and after delivering his message, Pheidippides died of fatigue, after running just over 40 kilometers. Hence, in modern times, the Olympic test that bears the name of Marathon must be completed in a journey exactly the same as the one carried out by Pheidippides: 42.195 kilometers.

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