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But on the next day Cestius took a great many of his choicest men, and with them the archers, and attempted to break into the temple at the northern quarter of it; but the Jews beat them off from the cloisters, and repulsed them several times when they were gotten near to the wall, till at length the multitude of the darts cut them off, and made them retire; but the first rank of the Romans rested their shields upon the wall, and so did those that were behind them, and the like did those that were still more backward, and guarded themselves with what they call Testudo,
The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709
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It's a sort of round-robin competition between 16 national Division I mascots, and Testudo is about to lose his eighth of eight head-to-head battles.
Testudo, Ovechkin in SportsCenter commercials Dan Steinberg 2010
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Maryland has a funny-looking something called Testudo - a turtle, apparently - though his name sounds like the lunch special at Taco Bell.
latimes.com - News 2011
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Maryland has a funny-looking something called Testudo - a turtle, apparently - though his name sounds like the lunch special at Taco Bell.
latimes.com - News 2011
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( "Testudo") (TSX VENTURE: TG. P) wishes to announce that it has entered into a letter agreement dated April 30, 2009, as amended on May 14, 2009 ( "Batoche SPA") with Batoche Energy Corp
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( "Testudo") (TSX VENTURE: TG. P) wishes to announce that it has entered into a letter agreement dated April 30, 2009, as amended on May 14, 2009 ( "Batoche SPA") with Batoche Energy Corp
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"The form was oblong; the middle was an open space to walk in, called Testudo, and which we now call the nave.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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"The form was oblong; the middle was an open space to walk in, called Testudo, and which we now call the nave.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Some small tortoises (Testudo) are frequently seen, warming themselves in the sun on top of rocks; but they hide at the slightest noise.
Did you know? The first scientific account of Lake Chapala comes from 1839 2009
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Some small tortoises (Testudo) are frequently seen, warming themselves in the sun on top of rocks; but they hide at the slightest noise.
Did you know? The first scientific account of Lake Chapala comes from 1839 2009
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