Ctesibius

283 BC–220 BC

Greek inventor and mathematician

engineer · mechanic · fountain engineer

Born in Alexandria

Contemporaries

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• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
• Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC)
• Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC)
• Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC)
• Plautus (249 BC–183 BC)
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC)

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