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Classical (homeland): *
SEE MAP BELOW
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steamship (Apollonian): *
The aeolipile which Hero described is considered the first recorded steam engine; however Vitruvius in his treatise De architectura (30-15 BC) also describes a similar device; both men draw on the writings of Ctesibius (285–222 BC).
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