Editing 321 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* Continuing successes by [[Roman Republic|Rome's]] armies against the [[Samnites]] forces the Samnites to sue for peace. However, the terms offered by Rome are so stringent that they are rejected by the Samnites and the war goes on.
* Two Roman [[consul]]s, Spurius Postumius Albinus and Titus Veturius Calvinus, leading an invading force into [[Samnium]], are trapped in a mountain pass known as the [[Caudine Forks]] ([[Montesarchio|Caudium]]) near [[Benevento|Beneventum]], where they can neither advance nor retire, and after a desperate struggle, they are forced to submit to the humiliating terms imposed by the Samnite victor, Gaius Pontius. The captured consuls pledge themselves to a five-year treaty on terms most favourable for the Samnites.