Cards of History ✓
@GodPlaysCards · joined 09 Feb 2023
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Let's be real. Has anyone, in all of recorded history, ever dropped a harder line?
"Let my people go, that they may serve me. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs."
Exodus 8:1–2
I think not. https://t.co/T8ULMdCjnx
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When is the last time you've received something this beautiful? https://t.co/TUNim6TCqO
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Twenty thousand Franks funneled into a gorge barely wide enough for a cart, and above them, the Basques waited in the rocks like they'd grown there.
Roland commanded the rear guard, the empire's finest, desperate to hold the line.
Than the boulders came, followed by cold steel.
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🚀LAUNCH DAY🚀
Volume III is out now, and it's the most ambitious release I have made.
Packed with the heroes, wonders & events that shaped civilization, brought to life in more detail than any deck before it.
Live on the website now, along with limited-time launch discounts. ht
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@GodPlaysCards Love the atmosphere in this card and the Hadrians Wall card
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The Romans began to withdraw military presence from Britain in the early 5th century AD, around 410 AD.
This period marked the gradual decline of Roman authority in Britain, as the empire faced challenges from external invasions, internal strife, and economic pressures
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In 83 AD, the battle of Mons Graupius was fought between the Roman governor Agricola and the Caledonian tribes of modern-day Scotland. It was one of the final engagements in Agricola's campaigns to conquer Britain.
Tacitus immortalized the words of the Chieftain Calgacus: https
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In 60 AD the Romans ran into Boudica.
As a queen of the Iceni she united various tribes and went on an absolute rampage burning down various Roman settlements.
I've covered her story more extensively in a previous post, but "spoiler alert", in the end Rome might prevailed. htt
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In the decades that followed, numerous campaigns faced formidable opposition from various tribes, who fiercely resisted Roman advances.
This fantastic map shows the movements of the legions under various emperors. https://t.co/b9bJWP52g4
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A full century later Emperor Claudius sought to strengthen his position as emperor by securing military victories and expanding the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
In 44 AD preparations for an invasion would begin.
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The period that followed was marked by internal struggles that were the result of the assassination of Julius Caesar during the Ides of March in 44 BC.
Rome clearly had other things on its mind than expanding its territories or stirring other hornets nests. https://t.co/spKMbAmj
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This story starts a century earlier, when Julius Caesar in 54 BC launched a reconnaissance mission and landed with two legions on the coast of Kent.
While successful in battle and the subsequent collecting of tributes, no territory was conquered before leaving back to Gaul. htt
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For centuries, the mist-shrouded island in the northern seas deemed unconquerable.
It’s tribes were too wild, its coastline too rugged, its location too distant.
When Emperor Claudius decided to launch a daring invasion, the tides of history would forever be shifted.
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Against accounts of the same size
5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.
Median views4 219this account940median for 10K–100K
Reach, %6.40%this account3.45%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.43%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 4 219 | 940 | 4.49× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 6.40% | 3.45% | 1.85× |
| Engagement rate | 0.43% | 1.55% | 0.28× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
45.5K4 May
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.17%4 May
1.03%
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1.75%
1.68%
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1.44%
0.91%
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0.37%13 Aug
0.58%15 Sep
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0.37%16 Sep
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.
What the audience does
Likes72.9%10 183 in total
Reposts5.7%799 in total
Replies0.7%99 in total
Quotes0.3%48 in total
Bookmarks20.3%2 832 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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