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Caudine Forks

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Noun

1. caudine forks

a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans

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Caudine Forks

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plural noun
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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