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In 213 BC, the Romans sent a large force to capture the strategically vital Greek city state of Syracuse in Sicily.
The siege was to go down in history because this mighty force was stopped in its tracks almost single-handedly
by one man - Archimedes.
 

The unfortunate Romans were by no means badly armed. Before he arrived in Syracuse, Marcellus made sure
that he was equipped with the best available military technology, including a catapult so enormous that it had to
be housed on the decks of eight ships lashed together. But the Greeks were able to unleash a number of Archimedes' innovations on their unprepared invaders. Most terrifying of them all was The Claw.