Battle of the Caudine Forks

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The Battle of the Caudine Forks was a major engagement of the Second Samnite War in 321 BC, where a Roman army was famously trapped and humiliated by the Samnites in a mountain pass in southern Italy.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Caudine Forks canonical 3
Caudine Forks 3
Caudine Valley 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath humiliating peace imposed on Rome ⓘ
temporary Roman peace with Samnites ⓘ
approximateModernLocation near modern Montesarchio, Italy ⓘ
belligerent Roman Republic ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
chronologicalOrder early phase of the Second Samnite War ⓘ
commandedBy Gaius Pontius ⓘ
conflict Second Samnite War ⓘ
countryAtTime Roman Republic ⓘ
culturalImpact became proverbial in Roman literature for humiliation ⓘ
date 321 BC ⓘ
era Roman Republic era ⓘ
linked to: Roman Republic
geographicalFeature mountain pass ⓘ
hasType ambush ⓘ
historicalSource Livy ⓘ
involvedForce Roman legions ⓘ
Samnite forces ⓘ
locatedIn Samnium ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
militaryTacticUsed entrapment in narrow defile ⓘ
militaryTheater Italian Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter Caudine Forks pass ⓘ
notableFor Roman army trapped in a mountain pass ⓘ
Romans forced to pass under the yoke ⓘ
humiliation of Roman army ⓘ
opponent Roman Republic ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
opposingPolity Samnite League ⓘ
partOf Second Samnite War ⓘ
place Caudine Forks ⓘ
predecessorConflict First Samnite War ⓘ
region Apennine Mountains area ⓘ
linked to: Italian Apennines
relatedEvent Second Samnite War ⓘ
result Roman defeat ⓘ
Samnite victory ⓘ
RomanCommander Spurius Postumius Albinus ⓘ
Titus Veturius Calvinus ⓘ
RomanConsulInvolved Spurius Postumius Albinus ⓘ
Titus Veturius Calvinus ⓘ
SamniteCommander Gaius Pontius ⓘ
strategicSignificance major setback for Roman expansion in Italy ⓘ
successorConflict later Roman campaigns in Samnium ⓘ
symbolism example of Roman military humiliation ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Roman army encircled without battle ⓘ
typeOfDefeat capitulation without pitched battle ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caudini → knownFor → Battle of the Caudine Forks ⓘ
Caudini → geographicalFeature → Caudine Forks ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks
Roman–Samnite Wars → notableBattle → Battle of the Caudine Forks ⓘ
Samnite League → notableEvent → Battle of the Caudine Forks ⓘ
Caudium → near → Caudine Forks ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks
Battle of the Caudine Forks → place → Caudine Forks ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks
Battle of the Caudine Forks → namedAfter → Caudine Forks pass ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks
Roman conquest of Italy → significantBattle → Battle of Caudine Forks ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks
Montesarchio → partOf → Caudine Valley ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks
Montesarchio → hasStrategicLocation → Caudine Valley ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Caudine Forks