testudo in a sentence
Examples
- In Peter Jackson's 2002 film " testudo, or locked-shields style formation, and the'blasting fire'is depicted as gunpowder.
- The Senones formed a testudo ( tortoise ) formation-where the men aligned their shields in a compact formation covered with shields at the front and top.
- Presumably, " Testudo marginata " diverged from ancestral " Testudo graeca " as a population more suited for life in the mountainous regions.
- Presumably, " Testudo marginata " diverged from ancestral " Testudo graeca " as a population more suited for life in the mountainous regions.
- This is not to be confused with the testudo formation, which also resembled a square, but was used for protection against ranged weapons such as arrows.
- The allies launch another offensive on Cao Cao's ground army in his forts, and succeed in breaking through using testudo formation despite suffering heavy casualties.
- Since most members of the related genus " Testudo " are herbivores, paleontologists believe " M . atlas " had the same diet.
- The so-called " dwarf marginated tortoise " was described as a new species " Testudo weissingeri ", but it is not recognizably distinct phylogenetically.
- She is attended by Amazons and, under her direction, warlike games are played; meanwhile, Candaules's warriors practise the " testudo ".
- The Testudo also continued to claim that there was a " Judeo-Marxist left ", which intended to " enslave all Romanian intellectuals, workers and ploughmen ".