07-07-2017, 08:28 AM
I was just reading about the Romans forcing the Carthaginian soldiers to pass under the yoke prior to the final destruction of Carthage. I found your posts as I looked for a definition. Now that I see the picture and hear that it is a loss of virtus, I have an idea. In Roman custom or law it was not allowed for a male Roman citizen to be on the receiving end of male sex. That would make them a submissive like a female or a slave. Roman men were allowed to be the aggressor or dominant with any slave. That was considered manly. Public rape while bound under a yoke of a beast of burden would be very humiliating to a Roman army, obviously, but better than death, probably.
