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    The Battle of Thapsus was a military engagement that took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus (in modern Tunisia). The forces of the Optimates, led by...
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    Thapsus, also known as Tampsus and as Thapsus Minor to distinguish it from Thapsus in Sicily, was a Carthaginian and Roman port near present-day Bekalta...
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  • Lucius Afranius (consul) (category Year of birth unknown)
    right through to the Civil War. He died in Africa right after the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. Lucius Afranius was born into a humble family in Picenum...
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    April 46 BC, Caesar's forces destroyed the Pompeian army at the Battle of Thapsus. After this, military opposition to Caesar was confined to Hispania (the...
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  • Metellus Scipio and a number of influential senators from the Optimate faction were fleeing the disastrous Battle of Thapsus when their fleet was intercepted...
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  • ISBN 0-200-71100-8. Heiland, W.E. (1909). "Chap LVIII: From the Battle of Thapsus to the Death of Caesar: 46–44 B.C.". The Roman Republic. Vol. 3. Cambridge:...
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    46 BC at the Battle of Thapsus. Cato and Metellus Scipio killed themselves shortly thereafter. The following year, Caesar defeated the last of the Pompeians...
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    grants; however, the legion was recalled for the Battle of Thapsus (46 BC) and the final Battle of Munda (45 BC). After Munda, Caesar disbanded the legion...
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  • Faustus Cornelius Sulla (quaestor 54 BC) (category Children of Sulla)
    Julius Caesar. He was killed soon after the battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. Faustus was the only surviving son of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla...
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    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (category Year of birth uncertain)
    was a staunch supporter of the latter. He led troops against Caesar's forces, mainly in the battles of Pharsalus and Thapsus, where he was defeated. He...
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