Thapsus

This article is about the North African city. For the medicinal herb, see Verbascum thapsus. For the prehistoric village in Sicily, see Thapsos.
Thapsus
Thapsus is located in Tunisia
Thapsus
Shown within Tunisia
LocationTunisia
RegionMonastir Governorate
Coordinates35°37′15″N 11°02′30″E / 35.62083°N 11.04167°E / 35.62083; 11.04167

Thapsus, also known as Tampsus and as Thapsus Minor to distinguish it from Thapsus in Sicily,[1] was a Carthaginian and Roman port near present-day Bekalta, Tunisia.

  1. ^ Lipiński (2004), p. 363.