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Battle of Thapsus: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date February 6, 46 BCE
Location Tunisia
Participants Gaius Caesar • Pompey the Great
Context Roman Civil War

Timeline

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Campaign of Ilerda
49 BCE
Julius Caesar, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
Battle of Pharsalus
48 BCE
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Battle of Thapsus
February 6, 46 BCE
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Battle of Munda
45 BCE

Key People

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Lucius Afranius
Roman general
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Roman politician
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Juba I
king of Numidia

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