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Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
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Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
1st century BC Roman politician and general
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Cato the Younger
Roman politician, general, writer, and Stoic (95–46 BC)
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Battle of Thapsus
Battle of Caesar's civil war (46 BCE)
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