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Improved Plumbing

All towns need to be brought to ordure.

Roman philosopher and writer, Pliny the Elder, described Rome’s sewers as an engineering achievement “more stupendous than any”. Rome’s biggest sewer, the Cloaca Maxima, was first dug as a system to carry water from nearby marshland and grew into a complex network of sewers that expanded with the city. The whole system was eventually covered, shutting off the stench and risk of disease, making it Rome’s greatest advancement in sewer construction. The Cloaca Maxima became so vital to Rome’s development it was even granted its own deity: Cloacina, goddess of the sewer.

Construction

Improved Plumbing

Node Set

Construction Tier 5

research_points

3200

cost_per_round

533

Effects

  • -7% building construction costs (all regions)
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Roman TownRoman Town
Roman TownRoman Town
Roman Town (Leather)Roman Town (Leather)
Roman Town (Iron)Roman Town (Iron)
Roman Town (Limestone)Roman Town (Limestone)
Roman Town (Marble)Roman Town (Marble)
Roman Town (Olive Oil)Roman Town (Olive Oil)
Roman TownRoman Town
Roman Town (Silk)Roman Town (Silk)
Roman Town (Lead)Roman Town (Lead)
Roman Town (Timber)Roman Town (Timber)
Roman TownRoman Town
Roman Town (Wine)Roman Town (Wine)
Public BathsPublic Baths
SewersSewers
Roman Fortified CapitalRoman Fortified Capital
Roman Economic CenterRoman Economic Center
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Timber Trade CampTimber Trade Camp
Roman Town (Warhorse)Roman Town (Warhorse)
Roman Town (Salt)Roman Town (Salt)
Roman Town (Trained Slaves)Roman Town (Trained Slaves)
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RomaRoma
Fortified RomaFortified Roma
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Fortified Syracuse (Occupied)Fortified Syracuse (Occupied)
Commercial Syracuse (Occupied)Commercial Syracuse (Occupied)
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Commercial Athens (Occupied)Commercial Athens (Occupied)
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Sparta (Occupied)Sparta (Occupied)
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