Caudine Forks

[ kaw-dahyn ]

plural noun

1. two mountain passes in S Italy, in the Apennines near Benevento.

Caudine Forks

/ ˈkɔːdaɪn /

plural noun

1. 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 )

Example Sentences

This was called the disaster of the Caudine Forks, from the pass where the Romans were caught.

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The famous capitulation of the Roman army at the Caudine Forks is in point.

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Apart from the unbending heroism shown by the conquered, it may be called the Caudine Forks of modern war.

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Such was the affair at the Caudine Forks , one of the most humiliating defeats that ever befell the Roman arms.

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Give a brief account of the battle of the Caudine Forks, and of the treaty made there.

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