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Uncommon card · History
Optimates and populares, an Uncommon card
Optimates and populares are labels applied to politicians, political groups, traditions, strategies, or ideologies in the late Roman Republic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Optimates and populares quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Optimates and populares card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is debated as to whether Romans would have recognised an ______ content or political split in the label.
Answer
ideological. It is debated as to whether Romans would have recognised an ideological content or political split in the label. From the Optimates and populares article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of the Republic of Ireland. History of the Republic of Ireland 85 · Bob Charles 82 · Augustus De Morgan 79 · Optimates and populares 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.
- It is debated as to whether Romans would have recognised an ideological content or political split in the label.
- Among other things, optimates have been seen as supporters of the continued authority of the senate, politicians who operated mostly in the senate, or opponents of the populares.
- The populares have also been seen as focusing on operating before the popular assemblies, generally in opposition to the senate, using "the populace, rather than the senate, as a means [for advantage]".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Optimates and populares article was read about 37,000 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 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Optimates and populares
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Optimates and populares (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ssolbergj, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
