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Re-enactors in full kit showing use of a 1st-2nd century AD Roman Testudo formation to allow troops to mount a wall
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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!!!