Thapsus
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Thapse Proper-name noun: feminine vocative singular of Thapsus
- A peninsula and city in Sicily, now Magnisi, Ov. F. 4, 477; Verg. A. 3, 689; Sil. 14, 206.—
- II A city in Africa Propria, famed for Caesar’s victory over the partisans of Pompey, now Baltah, Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 25; Liv. 33, 48; Auct. B. Afr. 28, 1; 44, 1; 46, 4; 79, 3; 80, 2.
- —Hence, Thapsĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thapsus, Auct. B. Afr. 97, 2.
- 1. schiereiland en stad aan de oostkust v. Sicilië, nu Magnisi;
- 2. oorspr. Punische stad in Africa, ten Z. v. Carthago (waar Caesar in 46 v. Chr. een overwinning behaalde op de aanhangers v. Pompeius), nu Ras Dimass; — inw. Thapsitānī, ōrum m.
THAPSUS (Θάψος, Ptol. 4.3.10), a maritime city of Byzacium, in Africa Propria. It lay on a salt lake, which, according to Shaw (Trav. p. 99), still exists, and on a point of land 80 stadia distant from the opposite island of Lopadussa. Thapsus was strongly fortified and celebrated for Caesar's victory over the Pompeians, B.C. 46. (Hirt. B. Af. 28, seq.) Shaw (l. c.) identifies it with the present Demass, where its ruins are still visible. (Cf. Strabo, xvii, pp. 831, 834; Liv. 33.48; Plin. Nat. 5.4. s. 3, &c.)
[T.H.D]THAPSUS a river of Numidia, falling into the sea near the town of Rusicade, probably the present Oued Resas (Vib. Sequest.)
[T.H.D]THAPSUS [ SYRACUSAE. ]
(Θάψος). (1) A city on the eastern coast of Sicily, on a peninsula of the same name (Isola degli Magnisi).
(2) A city on the eastern coast of Byzacena, in Africa Propria. Here Caesar finally defeated the army of Pompey and ended the Civil War. See Caesar; Pompeius.