Thapsus

[ thap-suhs ]

/ ˈθæp səs /

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noun

an ancient town on the coast of Tunisia: decisive victory of Caesar 46 b.c.

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Words nearby Thapsus

thankworthy, thank-you, thank-you-ma'am, Thant, thanx, Thapsus, thar, Thar Desert, Tharp, Tharsis, Thasos

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How to use Thapsus in a sentence

He gave them a great defeat at Thapsus, and the remnant took refuge in the city of Utica, whither Cæsar followed them.
Young Folks' History of Rome|Charlotte Mary Yonge
I sail past Pantagias' mouth with its living stone, the Megarian bay, and low-lying Thapsus.
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil
Thapsus was situated on a kind of peninsula, south of Hadrumetum, as Dion Cassius states.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch
Cæsar occupied this approach to Thapsus, and then formed his lines about the town in the form of a crescent.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch

Name a play upon Thapsia, so called from the island of Thapsus.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for Thapsus

Thapsus

/ (ˈθæpsəs) /

noun

an ancient town near Carthage in North Africa: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey in 46 bc

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