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Siege of Syracuse   /sidʒ əv sˈɪrəkjˌuz/   Listen
Siege of Syracuse

noun
1.
The Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes).  Synonym: Syracuse.
2.
The Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse.  Synonym: Syracuse.





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... be used with telling effect, as the Romans learned from Archimedes in the siege of Syracuse (214-212 B.C.). As Plutarch relates, "Archimedes soon began to play his engines upon the Romans and their ships, and shot stones of such an enormous size and with so incredible a noise and velocity that nothing could stand before ...
— Artillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America • Albert Manucy


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