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Uncommon card · History
Ammianus Marcellinus, an Uncommon card
Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian, was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ammianus Marcellinus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ammianus Marcellinus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Only the ______ covering the period 353 to 378 survive.
Answer
sections. Only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive. From the Ammianus Marcellinus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Emperor Wen of Sui. Emperor Wen of Sui 73 · Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 70 · Ammianus Marcellinus 67 · FX-05 Xiuhcoatl 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Written in Latin and known as the Res gestae, his work chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
- Only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ammianus Marcellinus article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Ammianus Marcellinus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ammianus Marcellinus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Author of the original work of art is long dead, while the uploader of the picture portray, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
