He set out to modify the method and created the hydraulic telegraph, as detailed by the second-century B.C.E. Greek historian Polybius ... armed infantry,” “Infantry and cavalry,” “ships,” and more.

Tucked along the shimmering waters of Narragansett Bay sits a New England treasure that somehow manages to fly under the radar of the summer crowds that swarm Newport and Block Island—a place where ...

Called athenaeums, a Greek word meaning "temple of Athena," the concept predates the traditional public library.