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Uncommon card · History
Sallust, an Uncommon card
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust, was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 46,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Sallust quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sallust card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a ______, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides.
Answer
writer. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. From the Sallust article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Armenia. History of Armenia 90 · History of Chile 86 · Abhisit Vejjajiva 80 · Sallust 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.
- Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar, circa 50s BC.
- He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline on the eponymous conspiracy, The Jugurthine War on the eponymous war, and the Histories remain extant.
- As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sallust article was read about 46,000 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 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Sallust
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sallust (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Philippe Trière d'après «Maréchal», Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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