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A 13-year-old built a 'death ray' using a 2,000-year-old concept from Greek inventor Archimedes
That's when he found the so-called death ray. During the siege of Syracuse between 214 and 212 BC, a Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, attempted to invade the island of Sicily. A historian ...
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
Looking to ensure succession, Augustus first adopted Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the son of his sister Octavia, born the same year as Tiberius. He adopted Marcellus and married him to his daughter ...