Scale model (1:10) of a tortoise (testudo), a battle formation in which soldiers marching in close ranks protected themselves with their shields raised above their heads

Inv. No. MCR 893.Rome, Museum of Roman CivilizationPhoto by Sabina Tariverdieva

Scale model (1:10) of a tortoise (testudo), a battle formation in which soldiers marching in close ranks protected themselves with their shields raised above their heads.

Inv. No. MCR 893.

Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization
(Roma, Museo della civiltà romana).

Credits:

THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

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History of Ancient Rome

Scale model (1:10) of a tortoise (testudo), a battle formation in which soldiers marching in close ranks protected themselves with their shields raised above their heads.

Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization(Roma, Museo della civiltà romana).

Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization
(Roma, Museo della civiltà romana).