Valerius Maximus, an Uncommon card

Valerius Maximus was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX.
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Rarity: Uncommon
Domain: History
ATK: 60
DEF: 43
Power: 103
Wikipedia reads a year: 16,000

Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.

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The facts on the card

The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.

He worked during the reign of Tiberius.
During the Middle Ages, Valerius Maximus was one of the most copied Latin prose authors, second only to Priscian.
More than 600 medieval manuscripts of his books have survived as a result.

Why it is Uncommon

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Valerius Maximus article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.

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Text : Wikipedia, Valerius Maximus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Valerius Maximus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.