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Archimedes was born c. 287 BC in the seaport city of Syracuse, Sicily, at that time a self-governing colony in Magna Graecia, located along the coast of Southern Italy. The date of birth is based on a statement by the Byzantine Greek historian John Tzetzes that Archimedes lived for 75 years.
In his ancient Greek days he was known as the the wise one, the master and the great geometer. His works such as the Death Ray gained him popularity and fame that lasts till this day. He was one of the last great Greek mathematicians. Biography. Archimedes was born in 287 B.C. in the port of Syracuse, Sicily in the colony of Magna Graecia. His father was Phidias, who was an astronomer about whom nothing is known. We derive this information about Archimedes from his work The Sand Reckoner.