Thapsus

[ thap-suh s ]

/ ˈθæp səs /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for thapsus

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
He laid heavy impositions on the towns of Thapsus and Hadrumetum.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch
Thus Labinus and Pompey's two sons managed to collect an army as numerous as that which had been defeated at Thapsus.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD|Robert F. Pennell
Name a play upon Thapsia, so called from the island of Thapsus.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

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

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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