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Historians such as Polybius and Livy attributed the Romans' defeat to these machines, together with catapults also devised by Archimedes. Seems unlikely, seeing as the Romans were not defeated; they won. They were delayed by these machines for some time, however. -- 68.146.220.249 (talk) 19:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, the Romans eventually won only after being repulsed. They were in fact defeated (at first), but the ultimate victory was decided later during a night raid against the unsuspecting Syracusans who were busy celebrating a religious holiday.--Pericles of AthensTalk 05:25, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]