. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. , near the Pyrenees. (See Volcce.) ,apeople of Germany, on the river Rhenus, (Rhine,)south of the Sigambri. Terrasidius, i, (Titus, i,) one of Caesars lieutenants, whom he sentinto the country of the Esubii. Testudo. Inis, f. I. A wooden tower used by the Romans for pro-tecting the soldiers when employed, in undermining the walls ofa town, or in battering them with the ram, (See dries ) It waserected of wood, and covered with hides, earth, or any other kindof substance which is with difficulty set on fire. II. When
. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. , near the Pyrenees. (See Volcce.) ,apeople of Germany, on the river Rhenus, (Rhine,)south of the Sigambri. Terrasidius, i, (Titus, i,) one of Caesars lieutenants, whom he sentinto the country of the Esubii. Testudo. Inis, f. I. A wooden tower used by the Romans for pro-tecting the soldiers when employed, in undermining the walls ofa town, or in battering them with the ram, (See dries ) It waserected of wood, and covered with hides, earth, or any other kindof substance which is with difficulty set on fire. II. When the soldiers of a company advanced to an assault,they frequently stood close together, and formed a shade or screenof their shields, to protect their bodies against the missile wea-pons, thrown by the enemy from the walls. This defence theyalso called Testudo, from the resemblance which the locked shieldshad to the shell or covering of the tortoise, (See the followingwood cut,) but it must not be confounded with the tower or man-telet just described. Tigurlnus Pagus, one of the four cantons or districts, into whichHelvetia (Switzerland,) is divided according to Csesar, compre- . ,1—TURK IS. 309 bending the niodeni cantons Zurich, Schwits^ Sckaffhausen, and the lands of the Abbey of St. Gal. Tigurini, Gram, the people of Pag us Tigurinas. Titus, i, a common praeaomen i the Roman Titurius, i, (Quintus T. Sabinus,) one nts, often called simply, Titurius, killed by Ambiorix. (S culeiui,) Tolosa, ae, Thoulouse, or Toul titania, beautifully situated on the north bank of Garumna. Tolosa was one of themost flourishing cities of Gaul, afterwards the residence of a Ro-man colony, and, at a later period, the metropolis of the Visigoths. Tolosates, ium, the inhabitants of Tolosa. Trebius, i, (Marcus T. Gallius,) an officer sent by Caesar to theCuriosolitae, to procure provisions. Treviri, drum, or (sing. Trevir. Iri,) a nation of Gallia Belglca,between the Mosella, (Moselle,)
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