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An apocryphal story about the end of his life recounts that in 212 B.C., the Roman army under command of General [[Marcellus]] succeeded in invading Syracuse, Archimedes' home. Archimedes reportedly was absorbed in concentration, drawing figures in the dirt with a stick when a Roman soldier demanded he surrender. Archimedes refused, saying his calculations were not yet complete and was slain on the spot.
An apocryphal story about the end of his life recounts that in 212 B.C., the Roman army under command of General [[Marcellus]] succeeded in invading Syracuse, Archimedes' home. Archimedes reportedly was absorbed in concentration, drawing figures in the dirt with a stick when a Roman soldier demanded he surrender. Archimedes refused, saying his calculations were not yet complete and was slain on the spot.
==External Links==
==External links==
[[File:Ribera Arquimedes 1630 Museo del Prado.jpg|thumb|by Jose Ribera, Spanish painter, 1630.]]
*[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Archimedes.html Mactutor's biography of Archimedes]
*[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Archimedes.html Mactutor's biography of Archimedes]
*[http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/ The Archimedes Palimpsest]
*[http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/ The Archimedes Palimpsest]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
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