The death of Archimedes during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier for not replying to a question, despite orders that he should not be harmed. Archimedes of Syracuse, c. 287 – c. 212 BC. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published

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