 Complete the following phrase:  The Caudini are nowhere mentioned as a separate tribe in our narratives of the Romans Samnite Wars, probably because they were assumed included whenever the Samnites were mentioned. The territory of the Caudini was the scene of much fighting. This could be attributed to the tribes location, which was the most westerly among the Samnites, hence, the most exposed to attacks by the Romans. Velleius Paterculus ii. 1 says that it was with the Caudini that the Romans made their treaty following their defeat at the 