"... Passage: Archimedes died c. 212 BC during the Second Punic War, when Roman forces under General Marcus Claudius Marcellus captured the city of Syracuse after a two-year-long siege. E ai ki te korero rongonui na Plutarch, i whakaaro a Archimedes i tetahi mahere pāngarau i te wa i riro ai te taone. I whakahau tetahi hoia Roma ki a ia kia haere mai ki te whakatau i a General Marcellus engari i paopao ia, i kii me mutu tana mahi i te raru. I riri te hoia na tenei, ka patua a Archimedes me tana hoari. Ka kii ano a Plutarch i tetahi korero iti-mohiotia mo te matenga o Archimedes e kii ana tera pea i mate i a ia e ngana ana ki te tuku ki tetahi hoia. E ai ki tenei korero, i mate a Archimedes i te kawe i nga taputapu pangarau, na te mea i whakaaro a Archimedes ko nga hoia nui i tukinohia e Archimedes Brius i te taone nui. I whakahuatia e te korero a te hoia Roma i roto i nga porowhita o te rautau o mua, engari kaore i whakaarohia e
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