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... omnique commeatu privavit; dein vineis ac testudinibus constitutis propius...

here refers to a machine of war, as does the following testudinibus. "(baraque roulante pour les sièges), baraque d'approche" Gaffiot, Dict. lat-fr abr. "a kind of penthouse, shed or mantlet, built like an arbor, for sheltering besiegers" L&S