Thapsus
Americannoun
noun
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I sail past Pantagias' mouth with its living stone, the Megarian bay, and low-lying Thapsus.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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 Rollin, Charles
Scipio came to relieve Thapsus, and this brought on a battle.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey
The real word was Bouillon; and that happens to be the trivial name in French for the plant Verbascum Thapsus.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
Upon returning to Rome after the battle of Thapsus Caesar began a series of reforms which affected practically every side of Roman life.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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