Archimedes died in 212 BCE in Syracuse, aged about 75. A Greek mathematician, physicist and inventor from the city of Syracuse in Sicily, Archimedes is considered one of the greatest scientists of antiquity. He found the formulas for the area of a circle and for the volume and surface of the sphere, and gave a very accurate estimate of pi. In physics he established the principle of buoyancy and the law of the lever, and he is credited with inventions such as the Archimedes screw and war machines used in the defence of his city. He was killed when the Romans captured Syracuse during the Second Punic War, reportedly by a soldier who did not know who he was.
Before and after
- 214 BCEBattle of Beneventum
- from 214 BCE to 212 BCESiege of Syracuse
- from 214 BCE to 205 BCEFirst Macedonian War
- from 214 BCE to 148 BCEMacedonian Wars
- 212 BCEDeath of Archimedes
- 211 BCEIntroduction of sestertius
- 210 BCEBattle of Numistro
- 210 BCEDeath of Qin Shi Huang
- 209 BCEBattle of Canusium
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- 276 BCEBirth of Eratosthenes
- 63 BCEBirth of Strabo
- 170 CEDeath of Ptolemy
- 360 CEBirth of Hypatia
- 476 CEBirth of Aryabhata
The era
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