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Plague of Justinian, a Rare card
The plague of Justinian or Justinianic plague was an epidemic of plague that afflicted the entire Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Near East, especially the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 350,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Plague of Justinian quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Plague of Justinian card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By 543, the plague had ______ to every corner of Justinian's empire.
Answer
spread. By 543, the plague had spread to every corner of Justinian's empire. From the Plague of Justinian article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nagoya. Nagoya 85 · Austro-Prussian War 79 · Plague of Justinian 75 · Bayezid II 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
John Mahoney. John Mahoney 630,000 · Plague of Justinian 350,000 · Volodymyr Kubijovyč 4,200 · Nick Goiran 2,200 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 plague is named for the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I who, according to his court historian Procopius, contracted the disease and recovered in 542, at the height of the epidemic which killed about a fifth of the population in the imperial capital Constantinople.
- The contagion arrived in Roman Egypt in 541, spread around the Mediterranean Sea until 544, and persisted in Northern Europe and the Arabian Peninsula until 549.
- By 543, the plague had spread to every corner of Justinian's empire.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Plague of Justinian article was read about 350,000 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 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Plague of Justinian
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Plague of Justinian (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Josse Lieferinxe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
