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Uncommon card · History
Cato the Elder, an Uncommon card
Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as Cato the Censor, the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, senator, and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the first to write history in Latin with his Origines, a now fragmentary work on the history of Rome.
- His work De agri cultura, a treatise on agriculture, rituals, and recipes, is the oldest extant prose written in the Latin language.
- Cato's epithet "Elder" distinguishes him from his great-grandson Cato the Younger.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cato the Elder article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Cato the Elder
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cato the Elder (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
