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Battle of Thapsus
The Battle of Thapsus was fought on 6 April 46 BCE near Thapsus, on the coast of present-day Tunisia, between Julius Caesar and the Pompeian forces of Metellus Scipio, supported by King Juba I of Numidia. Caesar's decisive victory destroyed the republican cause in Africa, and Cato, Juba and other leaders took their own lives. Caesar then annexed much of Numidia as the province of Africa Nova.
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