Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 446
This represents an attack on a German fortress, the wallof which seems to be made of wattles. The Romansapproach teshidine facta, i.e. placing their shields closetogether and overlapping so that missiles glide off, as theywould off the back of a tortoise. Torches, swords, a potfull of molten metal,… … This funis is constructed on an agger for the defence ofa camp ; similar structures could be made for offensivepurposes on wheels so as to be moved about from point topoint, with draw-bridges from which the besiegers couldpass on to the walls. Cp. Verg. Aen. xii. (572 f. : Ecce autem flammis inter…
Classical antiquities
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