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Rare card · History
Battle of Salamis, a Rare card
The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It resulted in a victory for the outnumbered Greeks.
- The battle was fought in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, and marked the high point of the second Persian invasion of Greece.
- It was arguably the largest naval battle of the ancient world, and marked a turning point in the invasion.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of Salamis article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Battle of Salamis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Salamis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Department of History, United States Military Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
