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Phraates III, a Common card
Phraates III or Arsaces XVII, was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 69 BC to 57 BC.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,800
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Phraates III quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Phraates III card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the son and successor of ______.
Answer
Sinatruces. He was the son and successor of Sinatruces. From the Phraates III article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election. 2026 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election 82 · Tikhon Khrennikov 72 · Carlos Chagas 69 · Phraates III 66 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 was the son and successor of Sinatruces.
- At Phraates III's accession, his empire could no longer be considered the supreme power in the Near East, because of the ascendancy of Armenia under Tigranes the Great and Pontus under his ally Mithridates VI Eupator.
- Phraates III's reign was thus marked by his efforts to restore his empire to its former position.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Phraates III article was read about 8,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Phraates III
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Phraates III (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Classical Numismatic Group, [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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