Syracuse became one of the largest urban centers in the ancient Greek world, second only to Athens. (Though, as World History Encyclopedia notes, the population of Syracuse eventually exceeded ...

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Although many sought to find it, the calculation of pi, which is also expressed by the fraction 22/7, is commonly credited to Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse more than 2,200 years ago.