nomenclature, Verbascum thapsus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum. The specific epithet thapsus had been first used by...
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Thapsus, also known as Tampsus and as Thapsus Minor to distinguish it from Thapsus in Sicily, was a Carthaginian and Roman port near present-day Bekalta...
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The Battle of Thapsus was a military engagement that took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus (in modern Tunisia). The forces of the Optimates, led by...
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Verbascum pulverulentum (redirect from Thapsus floccosum)
from the similar great mullein (V. thapsus) in all five stamens having dense white hairs on the stem; in V. thapsus, the lower two of the five stamens...
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Mediterranean. Mullein or "mullein leaf" often refers to the leaves of Verbascum thapsus, the great or common mullein, which is frequently used in herbal medicine...
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Caesar's civil war (section Thapsus and return)
North Africa, where he defeated Metellus Scipio in 46 BC at the Battle of Thapsus. Cato and Metellus Scipio killed themselves shortly thereafter. The following...
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Verbascum sinuatum (redirect from Thapsus sinuatum)
Species: V. sinuatum Binomial name Verbascum sinuatum L. Synonyms Celsia sinuata (L.) Colla Lychnitis sinuata (L.) Fourr. Thapsus sinuatum (L.) Raf....
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Vigilius of Thapsus (before 484) also known as Vigilius Tapsensis, Vigilius Afer, or Vergil of Tapso, was a 5th-century Bishop of Thapsus in the province...
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inducing some desertions from the republicans, Caesar ended up surrounded at Thapsus. His troops attacked prematurely on 6 April 46 BC, starting a battle; they...
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oppose Caesar and his army to the end. Caesar won the first battle at Thapsus in 46 BC against Metellus Scipio and Cato, who committed suicide. In 45...
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troops against Caesar's forces, mainly in the battles of Pharsalus and Thapsus, where he was defeated. He later committed suicide. Ronald Syme called...
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Lucius Afranius (consul) (section Road to Thapsus)
Battle of Thapsus. After the defeat, Afranius and Faustus Cornelius Sulla, son of Sulla the dictator, gathered some of the survivors of Thapsus and started...
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Roman Senate declared Julius Caesar a demigod after his 46 BCE victory at Thapsus. However, Dio was writing in the third century CE — centuries after the...
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Metellus Scipio. After Cato's suicide following defeat at the battle of Thapsus on 6 April 46, Brutus was one of Cato's eulogisers writing a pamphlet entitled...
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(Ounga) Meninx (Djerba) Ruspe Ruspina Sicca (El Kef) Tabarka Tayinat (Thyna) Thapsus Thysdrus (El Djem) Utica Other Myriandus Phoenicus Gibraltar Tahpanhes...
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martyr and saint Church of Saint Vigilius of Trent (Pinzolo) Vigilius of Thapsus, 5th-century bishop and writer Vigilius Eriksen (1722-1782), Danish painter...
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Civil War against Julius Caesar. He was killed soon after the battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. Faustus was the only surviving son of the Roman dictator Lucius...
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April 46 BC, Caesar's forces destroyed the Pompeian army at the Battle of Thapsus. After this, military opposition to Caesar was confined to Hispania (the...
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(Ounga) Meninx (Djerba) Ruspe Ruspina Sicca (El Kef) Tabarka Tayinat (Thyna) Thapsus Thysdrus (El Djem) Utica Other Myriandus Phoenicus Gibraltar Tahpanhes...
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Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) leaves are covered in dense, stellate trichomes....
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at Thapsus. April 6 – Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba I of Numidia at Thapsus. After...
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phlomoides, the orange mullein, woolly mullein (which often refers to Verbascum thapsus), or clasping-leaf mullein, is a plant species in the family Scrophulariaceae...
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Verbascum densiflorum (redirect from Verbascum thapsus var. thapsiforme)
laxum Klett & Richt. Verbascum thapsiforme var. thapsonigrum Gaudin Verbascum thapsus var. thapsiforme (Schrad.) Wahlenb. Verbascum velenovskyi Horák...
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aftermath of Cato the Younger's defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Thapsus as told in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, with Cato breaking off from reading...
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Bizerte, the northernmost city in Africa Hadrumetum Ruspina Leptis Parva Thapsus Kerkouane Zama Regia - the last place Hannibal fought and the place where...
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(Ounga) Meninx (Djerba) Ruspe Ruspina Sicca (El Kef) Tabarka Tayinat (Thyna) Thapsus Thysdrus (El Djem) Utica Other Myriandus Phoenicus Gibraltar Tahpanhes...
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ISBN 0-200-71100-8. Heiland, W.E. (1909). "Chap LVIII: From the Battle of Thapsus to the Death of Caesar: 46–44 B.C.". The Roman Republic. Vol. 3. Cambridge:...
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ukonlehmä (Ukko's cow). The Finnish name of the great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is ukontulikukka (Ukko's fire flower), also linked to worship of Ukko...
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Alesia Uxellodunum Civil War Corfinium Brundisium Ilerda Dyrrhachium Pharsalus Alexandrian war Siege Battle of the Nile Zela Ruspina Corduba Thapsus Munda...
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