Death


 * Archimedes was killed by a soldier who did not know who he was
 * he had gotten a proper burial
 * the leader of the Roman army that took over his city, ordered his troops that Archimedes's life was to be spared but one soldier disobeyed this and killed him.(some websites say that the soldier who killed Archimedes did not know thatr it was him, and others say the soldier did it on purpose)
 * Marcellus(Leader of the romans that took over the city) was greatly distressed upon hearing the news of Archimedes' death[[image:stormw/death-of-archimedes.gif width="508" height="260"]]