legacy

Archimedes' true passion was mathematics.One of the major events in Archimedes' lifetime was the attack of Rome on Syracuse. Archimedes devoted his talents to defending his city from the Romans and came up with some fascinating inventions. Two of his most famous were the Claw of Archimedes and the heat ray. He was one of the great mathematicians in world history and made many early discoveries.Although Archimedes was probably killed because of his war machines, he was very successful during his life.Archimedes was not only great in his discoveries, but in his legacy too.Archimedes discovered many math and science related things that are still used in the modern world.One good example of his is the pulley system.