PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoRe-enactors in full kit showing use of a 1st-2nd century AD Roman Testudo formation to allow troops to mount a walllemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down14
arrow-up1167arrow-down1imageRe-enactors in full kit showing use of a 1st-2nd century AD Roman Testudo formation to allow troops to mount a walllemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaredrolexlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·15 days agoYou’re being attacked by mounted archers? Testudo. You’re attacking mixed infantry? Testudo. You’re taking a hill defended by auxiliaries? Testudo. You’re mounting a wall? Believe it or not, testudo.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·15 days agoWe have the best empire in the world. Because of tetsudo.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·15 days agoWhen a problem comes along, you must testudo!
minus-squareTippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoRiding a futuristic motorbike through the streets of neo Tokyo? Oh, no, my bad, that’s TETSUO!!!
You’re being attacked by mounted archers? Testudo.
You’re attacking mixed infantry? Testudo.
You’re taking a hill defended by auxiliaries? Testudo.
You’re mounting a wall? Believe it or not, testudo.
We have the best empire in the world. Because of tetsudo.
When a problem comes along, you must testudo!
Riding a futuristic motorbike through the streets of neo Tokyo? Oh, no, my bad, that’s TETSUO!!!