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How did Gerolamo Cardano contribute to the history of cubic equations?

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Map of the Greco-Roman world highlighting the birthplaces of notable ancient mathematicians, marked with the pi symbol and labeled with their names. Cities such as Athens, Alexandria, Syracuse, and Miletus are shown around the Mediterranean, with modern country boundaries outlined. An inset provides detail for the region of Greece and western Anatolia. — algebra This map spans a millennium of prominent Greco-Roman mathematicians, from Thales of Miletus (c. 600 bce) to Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 400 ce).

Gerolamo Cardano made a pivotal contribution to the history of algebra by publishing the first general solution to the cubic equation in his 1545 work, Ars magna (The Great Art; or, The Rules of Algebra).12

While Cardano is often credited with this breakthrough, he was indebted to the Venetian mathematician Niccolò Tartaglia, who had rediscovered the solution independently after it was first found by Scipione del Ferro in the early 16th century. By documenting these methods in Ars magna, Cardano helped establish the text as one of the cornerstones of algebraic history. Additionally, the book included the solution to the quartic equation, which was developed by his former servant, Lodovico Ferrari.12