testudos

I told her about the warehoused testudos I'd seen in Macpherson Tower.

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

I opened the door opposite and found more ranks of testudos.

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

When these testudos completed their dormant cycle and hatched into graciles, could they be treated again?

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

When a class is engaged upon Cæsar's campaign in Gaul, their teacher ought to be able to exhibit to their eyes the line of his march -- a picture of the battleground as the author describes it -- of the situation of the town besieged, the different columns of the two armies, and all the testudos and vineæ and battering rams which were employed.

North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History Charles Lee 1915

Apparatus, maps, plans of sieges, etc., military engines, should be used; for example, the line of march in one of Cæsar's campaigns in Gaul, the columns of the two armies, and all the testudos, vineae and battering rams which were employed.

History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907

Meanwhile he daily strengthened his fortifications by new works; and such parts of the town as appeared less tenable were strengthened with testudos and mantelets.

Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius. 1869

"I wonder if the testudos will morph into normal allomorphic graciles on schedule?

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001