Thapsus
Americannoun
noun
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This rival of Cato was the Metellus who was defeated by Cæsar at the battle of Thapsus, and is often mentioned in this Life.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart
He gave them a great defeat at Thapsus, and the remnant took refuge in the city of Utica, whither Cæsar followed them.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Verbascum Thapsus L. Flowers yellow; pod 6 mm. high; seeds cannot be distinguished with certainty by means of the ordinary lens from those of moth mullein.
From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by W. J. (William James) Beal
He slew himself after the battle of Thapsus, in which his forces and those of Scipio were entirely defeated.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
The struggle, however, was not over till after the battle of Thapsus nearly two years after Phansalus.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
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