Battle of Thapsus
46 BCE · Event
Caesar defeats the optimate army of Metellus Scipio in north Africa; Cato the Younger commits suicide at Utica.
On these timelines: North Africa, Master, Fall of the Roman Republic, Roman History
More from North Africa
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Algerian War of Independence (1954)
- Third Punic War / Destruction of Carthage (149 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
- Fatimid Caliphate (909)
Around 46 BCE
- Spartacus slave revolt (73 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Fall of the Roman Republic (133 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)