Legionary Formations

[antiochus]

Sean Hux wrote: I was wondering about prominent formations in the roman cohorts and I am afraid I only know of one the "Testudo" in which men line up in a rectangular formation and create a "shell" of shields. Do any of you know any others?

Aulus Gellius (Noctes Atticae X 9 1) list the following tactical formations: “frons, subsidia, cuneus, orbis, globus, forfices, serra, alae, and turres.â€