Taburnus

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Taburnus
Elevation	1,393 metres (4,570 ft)
Location	Campania, Italy
Range	Campanian Appennines
Coordinates	41°6′30″N 14°36′30″E / 41.10833, 14.60833

Monte Taburno, or Taburno Camposauro is a group of mountains in the Apennines, to the west of Benevento.

[edit] History

Known as mons Taburnus to the Romans, the mountain lay in the territory of Samnium. The Samnites humiliated the Romans in the nearby Caudine Forks in 321 BC.^{[citation needed]}