Caudine Forks

American  

[kaw-dahyn] / ˈkɔ daɪn /

plural noun

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

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Caudine Forks British  

/ 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 )

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Caudine Forks

Similar to the above was the deceit practised by Pontius the Samnite commander to inveigle the Roman army into the Caudine Forks.

From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Ninian Hill Thomson

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

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell

Herennius, a Samnite general, who defeated the Romans at the Caudine Forks, and made them pass under the yoke, 321 B.C.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

Its hero was L. Papirius Cursor, one of the favorite heroes of Roman tradition, and the avenger of the disgrace of the Caudine Forks, the story of which we have next to tell.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

Seldom, since that of the Caudine Forks, did any Army, by ill-luck and ill-guidance, get into such a pinfold,—death or flat surrender seemingly their one alternative.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Thomas Carlyle

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