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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They included the sacking of Rome by the Gauls in about 390 B.C.; the humiliation under the Samnite yoke at Caudine Forks in 321 B.C.
The birth of the Republic: Rome's astonishing ascent was not based wholly or even mostly on her military exploits, but on the moral sensibilities of her people and the limitation of government power
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