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"Μη μου τους κύκλους τάραττε (Mè mou tous kuklous taratte)"

January 1, 1970

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Who: Archimedes, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. — Note: In response to a Roman soldier who was forcing him to report to the Roman general after the capture of Syracuse, while he was busy sitting on the ground proving geometry theorems. The soldier killed him, despite specific instructions not to, resulting in his execution.

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Who: Archimedes, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. — Note: In response to a Roman soldier who was forcing him to report to the Roman general after the capture of Syracuse, while he was busy sitting on the ground proving geometry theorems. The soldier killed him, despite specific instructions not to, resulting in his execution.