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Known as: Military
1 title in the archive · first depicted 213 BCE
Livedc. 270 BCE – 208 BCE
Shelfmark Vita XIII
2 years of an approximately 62 year life depicted onscreen
Distinct years the archive depicts, against Marcus Claudius Marcellus’s approximate lifetime (c. 270 BCE – 208 BCE) — 3.2% of it.
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Event
The siege of the Hellenic city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily by Roman proconsul and general Marcus Claudius Marcellus during the 2nd Punic War. The extended beleaguerment was made famous by the unique and unconventional city defenses devised by resident inventor, Archimedes, which inflicted heavy casualties on the Roman invaders prior to the city's fall.
filed under 213 BCE
Runs throughHellenistic PeriodSecond Punic War