CW 008 Samnite lancer Caudine tribe

The Samnites, together with the Lucans, were from the outset rivals of the nascent Rome becoming part of even the allied armies of Hannibal in their invasion of the Italian peninsula.
The Samnites inflicted a serious defeat on the legions of the young Roman republic, passing the vanquished soldiers under a small bow formed by three spears so that they had to bow before the Jefe Samnites before they could return to their cities.
It is the episode known as "Caudine Forks."