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lehcar | 18:45 Tue 01st Jul 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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A screen used by ancient romans, using overlapping shield as protection against an attack from above
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Testudo
18:58 Tue 01st Jul 2003
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Testudo, indeed. It's originally the Latin for tortoise which is a pretty good description; think of the pattern made by all those shields together and the whole assembly moving very slowly forwards.From above it must have looked rather like some giant tortoise.
21:00 Tue 01st Jul 2003
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Who's doing the Sunday express crossword then ??
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