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Caudine Forks

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Caudine Forks [ˈkɔːdaɪn]
pl n
(Placename) a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
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Noun1.Caudine Forks - a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans
Apennines - a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula


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; the humiliation under the Samnite yoke at Caudine Forks in 321 B.
 
 
 
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