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 sieges.[1]
^Simkin, John (September 1997). "Military Tactics of the Roman Army". Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational Publishers Ltd. Retrieved 4 June 2021. A modern reconstruction of Roman soldiers in the testudo (tortoise) formation.
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...
testudoformation and skirmishers. Tactical formations include: Formation flying Box Coil: Similar to the Herringbone formation, the coil formation allows...
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disposition of troops and weapons. Examples of formation in such usage include: pakfront, panzerkeil, testudoformation, etc. A typical unit is a homogeneous military...
break the testudoformation and revert to their previous formation. At the command Agmen formate, the legionaries assumed a square formation, which was...
an extreme type of shield wall called a testudoformation that covered front, sides and above. In this formation, the outside ranks formed a dense vertical...
large proportion of cavalry. That is not to be confused with the testudoformation, which also resembled a square, but was used for protection against...
formed the testudoformation 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...
St Nazaire Raid before she exploded. Chemise (wall) Pavise Gabion Testudoformation Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. January 1919. Farrow's military...
in the Aesop's fable Zeus and the Tortoise. Chelone formation, Greek term for Testudoformation Chelone, a genus of sea turtle in the Cheloniidae family...
chroniclers mention the use of a "fish-scale formation" of soldiers, which Dubs believed referred to the testudoformation – a Roman phalanx surrounded by shields...
noticed by the Carthaginians. At the east gate the Romans attacked in a testudoformation, with their shields held over their heads and overlapping. Thus protected...
to the use of shield walls in battle, as opposed to the classical testudoformation used in siege warfare. Examples include the Battle of Callinicum,...
catapults, but without tangible result. The Muslims attempted to use a testudoformation, in which a group of soldiers shielded by a cover of cowhide advanced...
plans to reconstitute the Roman battle line, and remained in the testudoformation to protect his flanks until the Parthians eventually ran out of arrows...
take Fort St. Michael, first with the help of a manta (similar to a Testudoformation), a small siege engine covered with shields, then by use of a full-blown...
how they hold their shields above their heads in a formation reminiscent of the Roman Testudoformation. The episode received critical acclaim from fans...
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historians suggest that the Byzantines adopted the Graeco-Roman testudo military formation in which soldiers would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with shields...
were said to come from the Malay Peninsula. Tortoises inspired the testudoformation. Lizards were symbols of death and rebirth as they were believed to...
Testudo hellenica is an extinct genus of tortoise of the genus Testudo from the Miocene (Vallesian) Nea Messimvria Formation (Zone MN 10) of Greece. T...
a level head over individual bravery − troops were to maintain exact formations in battle and "despise wild swinging blows" in favor of taking shelter...
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