Famously, the Romans used their shields to create a tortoise-like formation called a testudo in which entire groups of soldiers would be enclosed in an armoured box to provide protection against missiles.

Famously, tethered cormorants have been used to catch fish directly.

Famously depicted in European paintings of The Renaissance, beautiful Anatolian rugs were often used from then until modern times, to indicate the high economic and social status of the owner.

Famously, the massively outnumbered Greek army held Thermopylae against the Persian army for three days before being outflanked by the Persians, who used a little-known mountain path.

Famously, Read and producer Graham Williams used the pen name hurriedly to assemble The Invasion of Time in 1978.

Famously, the much smaller Greek army held the pass of Thermopylae against the Persians for three days before being outflanked by a mountain path.

Famously referred to by Miss Prism in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest:

Famously, the massively outnumbered Greek army held Thermopylae against the Persians army for six days in total, before being outflanked by a mountain path.

Described by writer Mike Conroy as " Famously one of Spider-Man's dimmest villains ", the character debuted in Amazing Spider-Man # 41-43 ( Oct .-Dec. 1966 ) as a nameless thug for hire working for an Eastern Bloc country.

Famously, Sturges sold the story for The Great McGinty to Paramount Pictures for $ 1, in return for being allowed to direct the film ; the sum was quietly raised to $ 10 by the studio for legal reasons.

Famously, he came within two minutes of picking up a winners ' medal in 1999, only to have his hopes dashed by Manchester United, who scored two last-minute goals in the final, after he was substituted in the 86th minute of play while the team was still leading 1 – 0.

An application: Famously and controversially, in the philosophy of the Greek Anaxagoras ( at least as it is discussed by the Roman Atomist Lucretius ), it was assumed that the atoms constituting a substance must themselves have the salient observed properties of that substance: so atoms of water would be wet, atoms of iron would be hard, atoms of wool would be soft, etc.

Famously his obituary in the journal of the Chemical Society ( of which he was a fellow ) discussed at length his skills and research but did not mention his other activity – the by then famous Bird's Custard.

Famously, on March 16, 2004 during an appearance at Marshall University Kerry tried to explain his vote for an $ 87 billion supplemental appropriation for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by telling the crowd, " I actually did vote for the $ 87 billion, before I voted against it.

Famously, his ambulance was delayed en route to the hospital by Ranger fans who tried to turn the ambulance over.

Famously, the victory of the Mercedes-Benz 300SL of Kling and Hans Klenk came despite the car being hit by a vulture in the windscreen.

Famously contrary to Chekhov's wishes, Stanislavski's version was, by and large, a tragedy.

Famously, the greater part of the Danish army ( 280 ships-5000 men ) wintered at Appledore in 892-893, before moving into Wessex and suffering defeat at the hands of the Saxons led by King Alfred's son Edward the Elder at Farnham in Surrey.

It was one of three sitcom pilots aired by the CBC, along with Getting Along Famously and Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, as a viewer response poll.

* Dining Car to the Pacific: The " Famously Good " Food of the Northern Pacific Railway published by Minnesota Historical Society Press 1990.

Famously, Dias is credited for breaking the ice with the wary Tupiniquim on the beach by jumping into an impromptu joyful dance to the accompaniment of Tupi pipes.

Famously, Slipper was photographed on the plane home, sleeping next to an empty seat, and was christened " Slip-up of the Yard " by the press.

Famously referred to as " Professor Shloven " by Congressman Bill Thomas, Shoven is known to his friends as " The Sherpa.

Famously, the first version of Superman ( a bald-headed villain ) appeared in the third issue of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's 1933 fanzine Science Fiction.

Famously a call to create a version of MacDraw for Intel machines was made in the introduction to Introduction to Algorithms

Famously Aristotle in his Poetics criticises the Cypria and Little Iliad for the piecemeal character of their plots:

Famously, this was mis-dated in Roman numerals as " 1468 ", thus apparently pre-dating Caxton.

Famously, he branded him with the nickname " cothurnus ", the name of a boot worn on the stage that could fit either foot ; Theramenes, he proclaimed, was ready to serve either the democratic or oligarchic cause, seeking only to further his own personal interest.

Famously, he created several versions of " The Log ", which was nothing more than a length of common 4x4 lumber with a bridge, guitar neck and pickup attached.

Famously tall for a jockey ( 5 ft 8 in / 1. 73 m ), hence his nickname of " The Long Fellow ", Lester Piggott struggled to keep his weight down and for most of his career rode at little more than 8 stone ( 112 lb / 51 kg ).

Famously, although Randle and Pottle's guilt was not in doubt, the jury —" perversely ", according to the authorities, but entirely within their rights — acquitted them.

Famously, for example, she sang a song " I've Got a Bit of a Blighty One ", about a soldier who was delighted to have been wounded because it allowed him to go back to England and get away from extremely deadly battlefields.

Famously, radar was developed in the UK, Germany, and the United States during the same period.

Famously Plato argued against sophist thinkers such as Gorgias of Leontini, who held the physical world cannot be experienced except through language, this meant that for Gorgias the question of truth was dependent on aesthetic preferences or functional consequences.

Famously, in the midst of being so giddy with delight after Life Is Beautiful was announced as the Best Foreign Film, Benigni climbed over and then stood on the backs of the seats in front of him and applauded the audience before proceeding to the stage.

Famously, he strung along the opposition and was expected to make his declaration of election in a broadcast on 7 September 1978.

Famously, when she was stepping out of her carriage one day, an Irish dustman exclaimed: " Love and bless you, my lady, let me light my pipe in your eyes!

Famously, Samuel Johnson claimed that A Tale of a Tub was a work of true genius ( in contrast to Gulliver's Travels where once one imagines " big people and little people " the rest is easy ) and too good to be Jonathan Swift's.

Famously, Montgomerie was left with only one shirt to play in during the Monday playoff, a dark tartan design, which did not help his cause in the very hot playing conditions.

Famously, he did not want to sell Claude Makélélé, as he felt he was too important to the team.

Famously, Straus's 1982 win was a comeback after being down to a single $ 25 chip, supposedly the origin of the common tournament poker aphorism: " a chip and a chair.

Famously married to Kabir Bedi from 1992 to 2005, retaining her married name after an amicable divorce, her first marriage was to food stylist Sunil Vijayakar.

Famously, one room of Llewelyn-Bowen's was decorated entirely in animal prints at the advice of the neighbours.

Famously, the audience, made up largely of members of the New York City fire and police departments ( and survivors of NYPD and FDNY personnel who were lost in the attacks ) sang the lyrics themselves until Etheridge's mic was restored.