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Uncommon card · History
Catiline, an Uncommon card
Lucius Sergius Catilina, known in English as Catiline, was a Roman politician and soldier best known for instigating the Catilinarian conspiracy, a failed attempt to seize control of the Roman state in 63 BC.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 67,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Catiline quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Catiline card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In the early 60s BC, he served as praetor and then as governor of ______.
Answer
Africa. In the early 60s BC, he served as praetor and then as governor of Africa. From the Catiline article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Habib Bourguiba. Habib Bourguiba 91 · 1970 86 · Human settlement 80 · Catiline 75 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.
- Born to an ancient patrician family, he joined Sulla during Sulla's civil war and profited from Sulla's purges of his political enemies, becoming a wealthy man.
- In the early 60s BC, he served as praetor and then as governor of Africa.
- Upon his return to Rome, he attempted to stand for the consulship but was rebuffed, he then was beset with legal challenges over alleged corruption in Africa and his actions during Sulla's proscriptions.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Catiline article was read about 67,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Catiline
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, Catiline (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cesare Maccari, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
