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Definition of Caudine Forks
1. Noun. A battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caudine Forks
Literary usage of Caudine Forks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"Their route led1 through the defiles of the mountains near Caudium into the
enemy's territory. The army entered the pass, the celebrated Caudine Forks? but ..."
2. On the Rise and Growth of the Law of Nations, as Established by General by John Hosack (1882)
"The chivalrous character of the Etruscan hero, Lars Porsenna, and of Pontius,
the Samnite chief who spared the Roman army at the Caudine Forks, and whose ..."
3. Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George by Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, Edward Nares (1859)
"... of the Caudine Forks—Popular pretensions increase—the Plebeians admitted to
the Priesthood—War with ..."
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