Roman legionaries attacking an enemy fort in the testudo (tortoise) formation.

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Roman legionaries attacking an enemy fort in the testudo (tortoise) formation, with their scuta (shields) over their heads. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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