Send under the yoke
To send (an enemy) under the yoke (sub iugum mittere) was a practice in ancient Italy whereby defeated enemies were made to pass beneath a yoke constructed of spears either to humiliate them or to remove blood guilt.
To send (an enemy) under the yoke (sub iugum mittere) was a practice in ancient Italy whereby defeated enemies were made to pass beneath a yoke constructed of spears either to humiliate them or to remove blood guilt.