polybius
US /pəˈlɪbiəs/
UK /pəˈlɪbiəs/
名詞
1.
波利比烏斯
an ancient Greek historian, known for his work 'The Histories', which covered the period of 220–146 BC and the rise of the Roman Republic
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Polybius is considered one of the most important historians of the Hellenistic period.
波利比烏斯被認為是希臘化時期最重要的歷史學家之一。
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The writings of Polybius provide valuable insights into the political and military structures of ancient Rome.
波利比烏斯的著作提供了對古羅馬政治和軍事結構的寶貴見解。
2.
波利比烏斯方陣, 波利比烏斯密碼
a system for encoding messages, where letters are represented by coordinates in a 5x5 grid, often used in cryptography
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The Polybius square is a simple substitution cipher.
波利比烏斯方陣是一種簡單的替換密碼。
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To use the Polybius cipher, you first create a 5x5 grid with the alphabet.
要使用波利比烏斯密碼，您首先要創建一個包含字母表的5x5網格。