Was Archimedes born in Italy or Greece?

Technically, both. Archimedes was born around 287BC in Syracuse, Sicily. Everyone knows that Syracuse and Sicily as a whole are now a part of Italy. But this has not always been the case. read more

Archimedes was born around 287BC in Syracuse, Sicily. Everyone knows that Syracuse and Sicily as a whole are now a part of Italy. But this has not always been the case. read more

Archimedes, (born c. 287 bce, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]—died 212/211 bce, Syracuse), the most-famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. Archimedes is especially important for his discovery of the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder. read more

Archimedes was born c. 287 BC in the seaport city of Syracuse, Sicily, at that time a self-governing colony in Magna Graecia, located along the coast of Southern Italy. The date of birth is based on a statement by the Byzantine Greek historian John Tzetzes that Archimedes lived for 75 years. read more