Manūs Archimēdis
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Syracuse, 214 BC. The Roman consul Marcellus has brought sixty warships against the sea walls of the city. He expects an easy victory. But Syracuse has Archimedes, and Archimedes has spent years building machines: catapults that hurl huge stones, and great wooden arms with iron claws that reach over the walls, seize the Roman ships and lift them out of the water.
Later writers even said that he set the ships on fire with mirrors that caught the sun. Seven puzzles stand between you and the end of the attack. Solve them all, and one last word names what the Romans saw in him.
Crossword — the sea, the siege and the walls, in Latin from Book 3.
Anagrams — unscramble seven words from the siege.
Cipher — decode a message in Latin, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — two verbs, iaciō ("throw") and capiō ("capture"), in the passive: present, imperfect and perfect.
Picture Count — reassemble the sea walls, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the word that doesn't belong in each row to build the story, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself. Spelling and capitals are forgiving, and macrons are never needed.
Sixteen words from the siege of Syracuse. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Eight cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the eight red letters:
Seven words from the siege. Unscramble each one.
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The password was:
Ūnicus — the only one. The historian Polybius wrote that the genius of one man held off a Roman army and fleet: Marcellus had to give up the attack from the sea and wait for two years before Syracuse finally fell.