HyperDic: caudine_forks

English > 1 sense of the expression *Caudine Forks*:
NOUN	act	Caudine Forks	a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans

English > *Caudine Forks*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans.
Instance of	pitched battle	A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Region	Apennines	A mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
Spanish	Horcas Caudinas, Las Horcas Caudinas