S. Turney - Gallia Invicta

Tarpeian Rock: Cliff on the Capitoline Hill of Rome from which traitors were hurled.

Testudo: Lit- Tortoise. Military formation in which a century of men closes up in a rectangle and creates four walls and a roof for the unit with their shields.

Tolosa: Roman town in southwest France conquered at the end of the second century b.c., now Toulouse.

Tribunal: A platform, carefully constructed in forts, or temporarily made from turf or wood, from which a commander would address or review troops.

Triclinium: The dining room of a roman house or villa

Trierarch: Commander of a Trireme or other Roman military ship.

Tullianum: Rock-cut prison in the Roman forum used for high profile prisoners.

Turma: A small detachment of a cavalry ala consisting of 32 men led by a decurion.

Valetudinarium: The military hospital in a camp.

Vexillum(Pl. Vexilli): The standard or flag of a legion.

Via Decumana: The main street running east-west in a Roman town or fort.

Vindunum: later the Roman Civitas Cenomanorum, and now Le Mans in France.

Vineae: moveable wattle and leather wheeled shelters that covered siege works and attacking soldiers from enemy fire.