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The Roman military formation called the "testudo" — Latin for "tortoise" — was supposedly inspired by this well-protected animal.

But I had no spare cash to lay out on stock, either in pigments or specimens of the genus testudo.

Wooden towers were brought to bear upon the battlements; a testudo of shields was used as cover for the men who undermined the walls; but Ez-Zegry was still unsubdued.

There's a particularly fine battle scene in which Marcus and his men form a testudo to confront the ferocious Brits, that concludes with him receiving near fatal wounds.

Terms relating to War.—Thus notice:— pilum, the distinctively Roman infantry weapon, and see a good illustration. phalanx; cf. the Roman testudo. tertiam aciem—i.e. the line of reserves, kept for just such emergencies.