Battle of Ruspina

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46 BC Titus Labienus bloodly defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.

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The Battle of Ruspina was fought on January 4, 46 BC between competing political factions of the late Roman RepublicRoman Republic

The Roman Republic was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a republican form of government....
, the OptimatesOptimates Overview

Optimates were the aristocratic faction of the later Roman Republic....
and the PopularesPopulares

Populares were aristocratic leaders in the late Roman Republic who tended to use the peoples' assemblies in an effort to bre...
. Julius CaesarJulius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar , July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader and one ...
commanded the Populares, while the Optimates were commanded by Titus LabienusTitus Labienus

Titus Labienus was the most important member of a Roman family said to belong to the gens Atia....
, a former Caesar supporter who defected to the side of Pompey the Great during Caesar's civil warCaesar's civil war

The Roman civil war of 49 BC, sometimes called Caesar's Civil War, is one of the last conflicts within the Roman Republic....
. The Optimates forces greatly outnumbered the Populares, resulting in an Optimates victory and the loss of as much as one-third of the Populares forces. Despite the high casualties, Caesar won a victory against the Optimates forces one month later in the Battle of ThapsusBattle of Thapsus Summary

The Battle of Thapsus took place on February 6, 46 BC near Thapsus....
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RuspinaRuspina

Ruspina was a Punic-Roman city.It was the site of the Battle of Ruspina in 46 BC in which Pompey's ally Titus Labienus was ...
is located in modern day TunisiaTunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa....
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