at is, dum animo et oculis in terra defixis formas describit, militi, qui praedandi gratia <in> domum irruperat strictoque super caput gladio quisnam esset interrogabat, propter nimiam cupiditatem investigandi quod requirebat nomen suum indicare non potuit, sed protecto manibus pulvere noli inquit, obsecro, istum disturbare, ac perinde quasi neglegens imperii victoris obtruncatus sanguine suo artis suae liniamenta confudit.
But as Archimedes was drawing diagrams with mind and eyes fixed on the ground, a soldier who had broken into the house in quest of loot with sword drawn over his head asked him who he was. Too much absorbed in tracking down his objective, Archimedes could not give his name but said, protecting the dust with his hands, I beg you, dont disturb this, and was slaughtered as neglectful of the victors command; with his blood he confused the lines of his art.
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