Archimedes akanga aratidza kuti vhoriyamu uye nzvimbo yedenga renzvimbo yacho zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zvehumburukwa kusanganisira zvigadziko zvayo. Muna 75 BC, makore 137 mushure mekufa kwake, mutauri weRoma Cicero aishanda sequestor muSicily. Akanga anzwa nyaya pamusoro peguva raArchimedes, asi hapana wevanhu vomunharaunda akakwanisa kumupa nzvimbo yacho. Pakupedzisira akawana guva pedyo negedhi reAgrigentine muPlutracuse, mumamiriro ezvinhu asina hanya uye akafukidzwa nemakwenzi. Cicero akanga achenesa guva, uye akakwanisa kuona kuveza uye kuverenga mamwe mavhesi akawedzerwa sechinhu chinyorwa cheguva raArchimedes.
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