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Uncommon card · History
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, an Uncommon card
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, pitting a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I against the Huns and their vassals, commanded…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It proved to be one of the last major military operations of the Western Roman Empire, although Germanic foederati composed the majority of the coalition army.
- The exact strategic significance is disputed.
- Historians generally agree that the siege of Aurelianum was the decisive moment in the campaign and stopped the Huns' attempt to advance any further into Roman territory or establish vassals in Roman Gaul.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johannes de Thurocz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
