Marching under the yoke.

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Marching under the Yoke is a famous element of Roman Republican history. As mentioned before the Samnites were the first to force them to march under it, so that when victorious the Romans forced them to march right back. It persisted, so that in the late 2nd century the Cimbri forced Roman troops under the yoke as well. The word for yoke was "jugum", and thus the process was called the "sub-jugum", which is the root today for our word "subjugate". The Cimbri subjugation was the root for a famous Charles Gleyre painting: