Roman soldier forming a 'tortoise' with their shields, thus enabling them to approach the walls of a besieged city. From 'Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis' by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.

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Roman soldier forming a 'tortoise' with their shields, thus enabling them to approach the walls of a besieged city. From 'Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis' by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.

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