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Delian League, an Uncommon card
The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the hegemony of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Delian League quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Delian League card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While Sparta excelled as Greece's greatest power on land, Athens turned to the seas, becoming the ______ naval power of the Greek world.
Answer
dominant. While Sparta excelled as Greece's greatest power on land, Athens turned to the seas, becoming the dominant naval power of the Greek world. From the Delian League article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kayak. Kayak 80 · Barbary corsairs 77 · Hero 74 · Delian League 71 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.
- The League functioned as a dual, offensive and defensive, alliance of autonomous states, similar to its rival association, the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
- The League's modern name derives from its official meeting place, the island of Delos, where congresses were held within the sanctuary of the Temple of Apollo, contemporary authors referred to the organization simply as "the Athenians and their Allies".
- While Sparta excelled as Greece's greatest power on land, Athens turned to the seas, becoming the dominant naval power of the Greek world.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Delian League article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Delian League
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Delian League (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Map_Peloponnesian_War_431_BC-fr.svg : Marsyas derivative work: Aeonx ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
