# Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa

Date: 46 BC

## The fact

In 46 BCE Thapsus destroyed the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa. Cato's suicide is neighbouring, not this battle. Julius Caesar's documented role is: He won Thapsus. Cato's later suicide at Utica is neighbouring; the field is this killing.

## Context

Juba of Numidia is a counterpart. Sharing the field with the veterans is required. The setting of Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa is the public file around -0046-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [humanitarian-access](/drivers/humanitarian-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Caesar, Thapsus at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Perseus — Plutarch, Caesar, Africa at https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Caes. (Perseus Digital Library / Tufts). Official carrier: Britannica — Caesar, Thapsus (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Perseus — Plutarch, Caesar, Africa (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Caes.; Perseus Digital Library / Tufts).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Caesar, Thapsus (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa on -0046-01-01. An African civil-war battle is a humanitarian-harm path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa under -0046-01-01 for Julius Caesar. Established: a sourced public record of Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa under -0046-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not merge with Munda. Two last fields. Mixed effects of Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The attached driver is humanitarian-access. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Thapsus in 46 BCE destroys the remaining Pompeian-Senatorial field army in Africa. Naming Julius Caesar does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0046-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Julius Caesar: https://factrail.ai/people/julius-caesar

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Caes.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/juc-thapsus-46