You get an E- in you history knowledge. The Romans were to blame!
At that time Sicily was a colony of Greece and Archimedes was Greek!
Further, the soldier who who ran Archimedes through was no other than Georgi Wubae Bushimenta!
Go to the back of the class and reread your Roman Elegies!
A bit deep in the grappa today?
Well, actually, Syracuse was no "colony". It was the most powerful, independent, Greek city-state in Sicily.
During the Peloponnesian War, Athens tried to make Syracuse a "colony" and the results were disastrous for Athens.