Believe it or not Public Relations has been with us for over 1000 years. The Greek's first called it sematikos, which in English means semantics. Semantics can be defined as getting people to believe in something or to do something which can be a very broad definition for PR as well. In 50 B.C Julius Caesar wrote the first campaign biography which was called " Caesar's Gallic Wars." Another interesting fact is in 1776 Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet which convinced soldiers of the Washington Army to stay and fight during a time when, everyone wanted to desert and get away because of the harsh winter climates. These facts stuck out at me in a PDF file I read on the brief history of Public Relations.
http://www.larrylitwin.com/handouts/History%20of%20PR%20090104.pdf
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