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Archimedes of Syracuse

Archimedes

Greek mathematician and engineer (c. 287-212 BC), killed at the Roman capture of Syracuse. Inventor of the celestial globe described by Sulpicius Gallus in De Re Publica book 1.

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Mentioned in 5 works (5 total)

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 1 mention
For Aulus Cluentius speeches · 1 mention
On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 1 mention
Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 1 mention

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