Archimedes' Engineering Achievements and Siege of Syracuse
212 BCE
Archimedes' war machines defend Greek Syracuse against Marcellus's Roman legions.
Sources and References
Polybe, *Histoires* (Livre VIII) & Plutarque, *Vie de Marcellus*
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