Thapsus (less commonly, Tapsus) was an ancient city in what's modern day Tunisia. Its ruins exist at Ras Dimas near Bekalta, approximately 200 km southeast of Carthage. Originally founded by Phoenicians, it served as a marketplace on the coast of the province Byzacena in Africa Propria. Thapsus was established near a salt lake on a point of land eighty stadia (14.8 km) from the island of Lampedusa. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar defeated Metellus Pius Scipio and the Numidian King Juba wi… (More on Thapsus)