such as Archimedes' Claw and the catapult. 212 B.C. Romans invade Syracuse. During the invasion, Archimedes is killed by a Roman solider. Archimedes' manuscript containing The Method of Mechanical ...

“Archimedes was the first.” While he probably never invented a death ray (though the jury is technically still out), he did come up with a gigantic ship-destroying claw that destroyed the ...