Siege of Syracuse and the Death of Archimedes

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Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Syracuse_(213%E2%80%93212_BC)

Descripcion foto: The siege of Syracuse by the Roman Republic took place in 213–212 BC, before they successfully stormed the Hellenistic city, giving them control of the entire island of Sicily. During the siege, the city was protected by weapons developed by Archimedes, who was slain after the siege by a Roman soldier, in contravention of the Roman proconsul Marcellus's instructions to spare his life. Archimedes defensive devices included a huge crane-operated hook – the Claw of Archimedes – that was used to lift the enemy ships out of the sea before dropping them to their doom, and a giant mirror used to deflect the sun onto the ships' sails, setting fire to them.

Website: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Archimedes_Setting_Roman_Ships_of_Consul_Marcellus.jpg?uselang=it

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Fecha: 212 BC

Copyright: Cherubino Cornienti, Public domain, da Wikimedia Commons

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