Caudine Forks — /kaw duyn/ two mountain passes in S Italy, in the Apennines near Benevento. * * * ▪ mountain pass, Italy Latin Furculae Caudinae, narrow mountain pass near Beneventum in ancient Samnium (near modern Montesarchio, Campania, southern… … Universalium
Caudine — adjective Of or pertaining to Caudium … Wiktionary
caudíne — adj. f. pl. (sil. ca u ) … Romanian orthography
Caudine Forks — geographical name two mountain passes S Italy in the Apennines between Benevento & Capua … New Collegiate Dictionary
CAUDINE FORKS — a narrow mountain gorge in Samnium, in which, during the second Samnite war, a Roman army was entrapped and caught by the Samnites, who obliged them to pass under the yoke in token of subjugation, 321 B.C … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Caudine Forks — /ˌkɔdaɪn ˈfɔks/ (say .kawduyn fawks) plural noun two narrow mountain passes in southern Italy, near Benevento; site of a Roman defeat by the Samnites, 321 BC …
Caudine Forks — noun a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans • Regions: ↑Apennines • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle * * * /kaw duyn/ two mountain passes in S Italy, in the Apennines near Benevento … Useful english dictionary
Battle of the Caudine Forks — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict= Battle of Caudine Forks partof= the Second Samnite War date= 321 BC place= Caudine Forks result= Roman Surrender combatant1= Roman Republic combatant2= Samnium commander1= Titus Veturius Calvinus… … Wikipedia
passare sotto le forche caudine — Subire una grave umiliazione, non avendo alternative. Come i soldati di due legioni romane sconfitte dai Sanniti presso Caudio (l odierna Montesarchio, fra Benevento e Capua) nel 321 a.C., che furono costretti a passare chini, in segno di… … Dizionario dei Modi di Dire per ogni occasione
Кавдинское ущелье — (Caudine Forks) 2 я самнитская война Место сражения 321 до Р. X., когда рим. войско под командованием Т. Ветурия Кальвина и Спурия Постумия было захвачено врасплох сабинянами под командованием Понтия в узком Кавдинском ущелье. Римляне сражались… … Энциклопедия битв мировой истории
