“Noli turbare circulos meos,” (Do not disturb my circles.) – – Purportedly the last words of Archimedes of Syracuse [c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC] Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer before being killed at 75 by a Roman soldier in the siege on Syracuse during the Second Punic War 218-201 BC
Archimedes of Syracuse painted by Domenico Fetti in 1620
