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In ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a type of shield wall formation commonly used by the Roman legions during battles, particularly...

testudo formation and skirmishers. Tactical formations include: Formation flying Box Coil: Similar to the Herringbone formation, the coil formation allows...

party Testudo (mascot), the mascot of University of Maryland, College Park Testudo (genus), a genus in the tortoise family of turtles Testudo formation, a...

disposition of troops and weapons. Examples of formation in such usage include pakfront, panzerkeil, testudo formation, etc. A typical unit is a homogeneous military...

dubium) Testudo porteri Rothschild, 1903 C. n. vicina Testudo microphyes Günther, 1875 Testudo vicina Günther, 1875 Testudo güntheri Baur, 1889 Testudo macrophyes...

in the Aesop's fable Zeus and the Tortoise. Chelone formation, Greek term for Testudo formation Chelone, a genus of sea turtle in the Cheloniidae family...

an extreme type of shield wall called a testudo formation that covered front, sides and above. In this formation, the outside ranks formed a dense vertical...

St Nazaire Raid before she exploded. Chemise (wall) Pavise Gabion Testudo formation Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. January 1919. Farrow's military...

break the testudo formation and revert to their previous formation. At the command Agmen formate, the legionaries assumed a square formation, which was...

gradients, which trained men could climb while closely packed together in testudo formation. Various sites have been claimed by local legends, though no suggested...

formed the testudo formation by locking their shields together to present a nearly-impenetrable front to missiles. However, that formation severely restricted...

heavier loads. Heavy infantry typically made use of dense battlefield formations, such as shield wall or phalanx, multiplying their effective weight of...

large proportion of cavalry. That is not to be confused with the testudo formation, which also resembled a square, but was used for protection against...

chroniclers mention the use of a "fish-scale formation" of soldiers, which Dubs believed referred to the testudo formation – a Roman phalanx surrounded by shields...

to the use of shield walls in battle, as opposed to the classical testudo formation used in siege warfare. Examples include the Battle of Callinicum,...

The marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Greece, Italy, and the Balkans...

catapults, but without tangible result. The Muslims attempted to use a testudo formation, in which a group of soldiers shielded by a cover of cowhide advanced...

take Fort St. Michael, first with the help of a manta (similar to a Testudo formation), a small siege engine covered with shields, then by use of a full-blown...

missiles while defending themselves against those of the enemy with a testudo formation. With his missiles exhausted, Gelderus is forced to sue for peace...

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