Archimedes was sadly killed at the age of 75 during the Seige of Syracuse. The Roman General Marcus Claudius Marcellus was the commander of the attack. Although Marcellus admired Archimedes greatly and gave strict orders for him not to be harmed, he was struck down by roman soldier. According to Plutarch, Archimedes was solving a mathematical problem when the roman soldier asked him to come and meet Marcellus. Archimedes refused, saying he needed to finish the problem he was working on. The soldier became so enraged he killed Archimedes on the spot with his sword. His tomb was later found near the Agrigentine gate in Syracuse with the sphere and cylinder placed at his tomb by his request.
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