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Appian Way, a Rare card
The Appian Way, also known by its Latin and Italian name, Via Appia, is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Appian Way quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Appian Way card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It connected Rome to Brindisi, in ______ Italy.
Answer
southeast. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. From the Appian Way article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2016–17 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season. 2016–17 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season 86 · Suburb 80 · Learner Tien 76 · Appian Way 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Learner Tien. Learner Tien 1,100,000 · Appian Way 210,000 · Suburb 160,000 · 2016–17 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season 1,500 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy.
- Its importance is indicated by its common name, recorded by Statius, of Appia longarum... regina viarum.
- The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who, during the Samnite Wars, began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Appian Way article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Appian Way
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Appian Way (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LuisaV72, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
