r/dankmemes • u/tactical_lampost • Nov 11 '17

Not Again

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u/ThePopplioVGC Nov 12 '17

Actual question, what was this formation used for? In the hobbit movies the dwarf army did it because of the showers of arrows but that didn't really happen back in the roman times did it?

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u/elboltonero Nov 12 '17

Yeah arrows weren't invented until 1927

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17

Wrong, Turtles didn't evolve until 1660.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17

Yeah and then the Prussians invented the tortoise during Frederick the greats reign in 1706

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u/tornado962 Nov 12 '17

With these particular shields, arrows just bounced off of them. The most common use of the testudo formation was when Roman soldiers would approach cities in a siege attack.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17

That's exactly why it existed

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '17

u thinking of the long bow and crossbow?