Battle of Thapsus

When

4 Apr 46 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

35.62° N, 11.05° E

Description

battle in Caesar's Civil War

Battle of Caesar's civil war (46 BCE)

The Battle of Thapsus was a military engagement that took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus. The forces of the Optimates, led by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Scipio, were defeated by the forces of Julius Caesar. It was followed shortly by the suicides of Scipio and his ally, Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, the Numidian king Juba, and his Roman peer Marcus Petreius.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Julius Caesar takes control of Africa at the Battle of Thapsus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Thapsus Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Gaius Iulius Caesar besiegt die Anhänger des Senats unter Cato bei Thapsus (vgl. Afrikanischer Krieg) und erhält die Diktatur auf zehn Jahre verliehen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “6 février (6 avril du calendrier romain) : victoire de César à la bataille de Thapsus sur les Pompéiens et Juba , roi de Numidie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Тапсе между Цезарем и Сципионом с Юбой, закончившаяся полным разгромом 14 легионов Юбы”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la Batalla de Tapso las tropas pompeyanas comandadas por Metelo Escipión y Marco Porcio Catón son vencidas por los cesarianos de Julio César”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة تابسوس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “タプススの戦いでユリウス・カエサル軍が元老院派軍に勝利。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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