"In Ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a formation used commonly by the Roman Legions during battles, particularly sieges. Testudo is the Latin word for \"tortoise\". The Greek term for this formation is \"chelone\" and during the Byzantine era, it seems to have evolved to what military manuals of the era call the \"foulkon\"."@en . "In Ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a formation used commonly by the Roman Legions during battles, particularly sieges. Testudo is the Latin word for \"tortoise\". The Greek term for this formation is \"chelone\" and during the Byzantine era, it seems to have evolved to what military manuals of the era call the \"foulkon\"."@en . . . . . . . . . "Testudo formation"@en .