Thapsus

[thap-suh s]

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noun

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

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Name a play upon Thapsia, so called from the island of Thapsus.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
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There, at the battle of Thapsus, he crushed out the last spark of opposition.
Ancient Rome
Mary Agnes Hamilton
He laid heavy impositions on the towns of Thapsus and Hadrumetum.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.
Plutarch
The struggle, however, was not over till after the battle of Thapsus nearly two years after Phansalus.
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Thapsus, a maritime town in Africa, where Cæsar defeated the remains of Pompey's army.
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British Dictionary definitions for thapsus

Thapsus

noun

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

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Thapsus

Examples from the Web for thapsus

Historical Examples

Name a play upon Thapsia, so called from the island of Thapsus.

There, at the battle of Thapsus, he crushed out the last spark of opposition.

He laid heavy impositions on the towns of Thapsus and Hadrumetum.

The struggle, however, was not over till after the battle of Thapsus nearly two years after Phansalus.

Thapsus, a maritime town in Africa, where Cæsar defeated the remains of Pompey's army.

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