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Uncommon card · History
Ariovistus, an Uncommon card
Ariovistus was a leader of the Suebi and other allied Germanic peoples in the second quarter of the 1st century BC, whose name appears prominently in Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Ariovistus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ariovistus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They then settled in large numbers into conquered Gallic territory in the ______ region.
Answer
Alsace. They then settled in large numbers into conquered Gallic territory in the Alsace region. From the Ariovistus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Army. Army 120,000 · Zapotec civilization 84,000 · Ariovistus 22,000 · Pacific Star 9,900 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.
- Before their conflict with the Romans, Ariovistus and his followers took part in a war in Gaul, assisting the Arverni and Sequani in defeating their rivals, the Aedui.
- They then settled in large numbers into conquered Gallic territory in the Alsace region.
- They were defeated however, in the Battle of Vosges and driven back over the Rhine in 58 BC by Julius Caesar.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ariovistus article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Ariovistus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ariovistus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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