Born in Syracuse
· Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. · file Archimedes was born in the Greek city of Syracuse, which remained the principal setting of his documented life and work. The year is approximate, calculated from the later claim that Archimedes died at about age 75 in 212 BC; coordinates represent Syracuse rather than an unknown birth site.
