In 75 BC, 137 sano ka dib markii uu dhintay, orator Roman Cicero ahaa adeegaya sida quaestor ee Sicily. Waxa uu maqlay sheekooyin ku saabsan xabaashii Archimedes, laakiin ma jiro oo ka mid ah dadka deegaanka ay awoodaan in ay isaga siiyo goobta. Ugu dambeyntii wuxuu helay xabaashii u dhow albaabka Agrigentine ee Histracuse ee Syracuse, xaalad la dayacay iyo overgrown la duurka. Cicero lahaa xabaashii nadiifiyey, oo ay awoodaan in ay arkaan carving iyo akhriyo qaar ka mid ah aayadaha in lagu daray sida xabaashii ah ee uu jeclaa.
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