"... Passage: Archimedes akafa c. 212 BC panguva yechipiri Punic Hondo, apo mauto eRoma pasi peGeneral Marcus Claudius Marcellus akatora guta reSirakuse mushure mekukombwa kwemakore maviri. Maererano nenhoroondo yakakurumbira yakapihwa naPlutarch, Archimedes aifungisisa dhayagiramu yemasvomhu apo guta rakanga ratorwa. Murwi weRoma akamuraira kuti auye kuzosangana naGeneral Marcellus asi akaramba, achiti aifanira kupedzisa kushanda pachinetso. Murwi akatsamwa neizvi, uye akauraya Archimedes nebakatwa rake. Plutarch anopawo nhoroondo isingazivikanwe yekufa kwaArchimedes iyo inoratidza kuti anogona kunge akaurayiwa achiedza kuzvipira kune musoja. Zvinoenderana nenyaya iyi, Archimedes aifungidzirwa kunge akatakura maturusi emasvomhu, uye akaurayiwa nekuti masoja eRoma akafunga kuti Archimedes Brius akavhiringidzwa nemasoja anokosha.
Mukuru wemauto Marcellus