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Uncommon card · History
History of the Roman Empire, an Uncommon card
The history of the Roman Empire covers the history of ancient Rome from the traditional end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476 in the West, and the Fall of Constantinople in the East in 1453.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
History of the Roman Empire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of the Roman Empire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Civil war ______ Rome in the mid-1st century BC, first between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and finally between Octavian and Mark Antony.
Answer
engulfed. Civil war engulfed Rome in the mid-1st century BC, first between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and finally between Octavian and Mark Antony. From the History of the Roman Empire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of the Roman Empire. History of the Roman Empire 88 · Paris Peace Conference 85 · Francisco I. Madero 82 · Baybars 77 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.
- Ancient Rome became a territorial empire while still a republic but was then ruled by emperors, beginning with Octavian Augustus, the final victor of the republican civil wars.
- Rome had begun expanding shortly after the founding of the Republic in the 6th century BC, though it did not expand outside the Italian Peninsula until the 3rd century BC, during the Punic Wars, after which the Republic expanded across the Mediterranean.
- Civil war engulfed Rome in the mid-1st century BC, first between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and finally between Octavian and Mark Antony.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of the Roman Empire article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get History of the Roman Empire
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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- Paris Peace ConferenceUncommon · History · ATK 85 DEF 83
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of the Roman Empire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CNG, modified by Sowlos, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
