Cicero (106–43 BC) mentions Archimedes in some of his works. While serving as a quaestor in Sicily, Cicero found what was presumed to be Archimedes' tomb near the Agrigentine gate in Syracuse, in a neglected condition and overgrown with bushes. Cicero had the tomb cleaned up and was able to see the carving and read some of the verses that had been added as an inscription. The tomb carried a sculpture illustrating Archimedes' favorite mathematical proof, that the volume and surface area of the sphere are two-thirds that of an enclosing cylinder including its bases. He also mentions that Marcellus brought to Rome two planetariums Archimedes built. The Roman historian Livy (59 BC–17 AD) retells Polybius' story of the capture of Syracuse and Archimedes' role in it.
Cicero (106–43 BC) mentions Archimedes in some of his works While serving as a quaestor in Sicily Cicero found what was presumed to be Archimedes' tomb near the Agrigentine gate in Syracuse in a neglected condition and overgrown with bushes Cicero had the tomb cleaned up and was able to see the carving and read some of the verses that had been added as an inscription The tomb carried a sculpture illustrating Archimedes' favorite mathematical proof that the volume and surface area of the sphere are two-thirds that of an enclosing cylinder including its bases He also mentions that Marcellus brought to Rome two planetariums Archimedes built The Roman historian Livy (59 BC–17 AD) retells Polybius' story of the capture of Syracuse and Archimedes' role in it