The axioms were found much much later than a lot of the work had already been done. When Euclid wrote down his list of axioms do you think he was laying the gro

The axioms were found much much later than a lot of the work had already been done. When Euclid wrote down his list of axioms do you think he was laying the ground for work yet to be done? No, the axioms were the synthesis he came up with by observing the work that had been done before by others.