Caudine Forks
two mountain passes in S Italy, in the Apennines near Benevento.
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How to use Caudine Forks in a sentence
This was called the disaster of the Caudine Forks, from the pass where the Romans were caught.
Introductory American History | Henry Eldridge BourneThe famous capitulation of the Roman army at the Caudine Forks is in point.
Apart from the unbending heroism shown by the conquered, it may be called the Caudine Forks of modern war.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) | John Holland RoseSuch was the affair at the Caudine Forks , one of the most humiliating defeats that ever befell the Roman arms.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD | Robert F. PennellGive a brief account of the battle of the Caudine Forks, and of the treaty made there.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD | Robert F. Pennell
British Dictionary definitions for Caudine Forks
/ (ˈkɔːdaɪn) /
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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