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Claudius Aelianus, an Uncommon card
Claudius Aelianus, commonly Aelian, born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Claudius Aelianus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Claudius Aelianus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His De ______ Animalium is also the only surviving Greco-Roman work to name Gilgamesh.
Answer
Natura. His De Natura Animalium is also the only surviving Greco-Roman work to name Gilgamesh. From the Claudius Aelianus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Stephen Cole Kleene. Stephen Cole Kleene 64 · Claudius Aelianus 61 · Fractionating column 57 · Lobster trap 54 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.
- He spoke Greek so fluently that he was called "honey-tongued", Roman-born, he preferred Greek authors, and wrote in a slightly archaizing Greek himself.
- His two chief works are valuable for the numerous quotations from the works of earlier authors, which are otherwise lost, and for the surprising lore, which offers unexpected glimpses into the Greco-Roman world-view.
- His De Natura Animalium is also the only surviving Greco-Roman work to name Gilgamesh.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Claudius Aelianus article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Claudius Aelianus
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Text : Wikipedia, Claudius Aelianus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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