The death ray and other crazy weapons that Archimedes invented against the Roman legions

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2023-09-06 13:16:20

Some classical sources narrate that the mathematician devised a device that, based on mirrors, threw a beam of light on enemy ships during the siege of Syracuse

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Updated at 1:17 p.m.

The first bars of the 3rd century BC were bitter for republican Rome. In 216 BC Hannibal, who needs little introduction, bent the legions’ knee at the battle of Cannae. To top it off, just one year later, the loyal…

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