Usually means: Roman army trapped, humiliating defeat.
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▸ noun:  a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans


Opposite:
victory, triumph, success

Phrases:
Battle of the Caudine Forks, more...

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victory, triumph, success

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