Archimedes dies of protecting his math circles #foryou #shortsfeed

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[00:00:00]Did you know one impatient soldier cost Rome the greatest scientific mind in history? It was 212 BCE and Roman forces [music] had finally breached the walls of Syracuse after a brutal 2-year siege.

[00:00:12]The brilliant inventor [music] Archimedes had been their worst nightmare, creating devastating war machines that crushed their ships and burned [music] their fleet with mirrors and pulleys. But now the Romans had won and their general Marcus [music] Marcellus had given strict orders.

[00:00:26]Capture Archimedes alive at all costs.

[00:00:28]The 75-year-old genius [music] was too valuable to lose. When a Roman soldier found him, Archimedes was completely absorbed in his work, drawing geometric [music] circles in the sand, lost in mathematical thought. The soldier demanded he come immediately, but Archimedes, [music] annoyed at the interruption, waved him away. "Do not disturb my circles," he said, never looking up. The soldier, enraged [music] by this disrespect, drew his sword and killed him on the spot. When Marcellus [music] learned what happened, he was devastated. One moment of impatience had robbed Rome of the ancient world's most brilliant mind. Sometimes the greatest losses come from the smallest decisions.