Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caudine_forks

1 sense of caudine forks

Sense 1
Caudine Forks -- (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)