🏛️ Caudium-Beneventum
Site of a decisive Roman battle and ancient Samnite settlement in Campania
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Benevento in Campania, southern Italy
- Site of the Battle of the Caudine Forks (321 BCE), a major Samnite victory over Rome
- Later became the Roman city of Beneventum, an important strategic settlement
- Remains visible as scattered archaeological deposits across the landscape
Caudium-Beneventum represents one of ancient Italy's most strategically significant locations, where Samnite forces defeated a Roman army in ...