212 BCE
Rome takes Syracuse; Archimedes killed
After a siege begun in 213 BCE, Marcellus takes Syracuse in 212 and sacks it. Archimedes, whose war machines had held the Romans off, is killed by a soldier despite orders to spare him.
212 BCE
After a siege begun in 213 BCE, Marcellus takes Syracuse in 212 and sacks it. Archimedes, whose war machines had held the Romans off, is killed by a soldier despite orders to spare him.