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Perdiccas I of Macedon, a Common card
Perdiccas I was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 84
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 84 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Perdiccas I of Macedon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Perdiccas I of Macedon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
There are two separate historical traditions describing the ______ of the Argead dynasty.
Answer
foundation. There are two separate historical traditions describing the foundation of the Argead dynasty. From the Perdiccas I of Macedon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Béla Miklós. Béla Miklós 60 · Gilberto Kassab 55 · Perdiccas I of Macedon 49 · Table knife 46 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- By allowing thirty years for the span of an average generation from the beginning of Archelaus' reign in 413 BC, British historian Nicholas Hammond estimated that Perdiccas ruled around 653 BC., however, Eusebius writes that Perdiccas reigned for 48 years.
- There are two separate historical traditions describing the foundation of the Argead dynasty.
- The earlier, documented by Herodotus and Thucydides in the fifth century BC, records Perdiccas as the first king of Macedonia.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Perdiccas I of Macedon article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Perdiccas I of Macedon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CNG Coins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
