Latifundium
The great maw of the people must be fed from great estates.Outside of cities in the ancient world most people made a frugal living through agriculture. Major crops included cereals such as wheat and barley, fruits such as apples, plums, peaches, cherries and always olives wherever they could be grown. Most farms were family-owned businesses but as the cities grew so did demands on the available fertile land. Despite rising prices, it became difficult for small farmers to survive. Wealthy Romans bought up vast areas creating huge estates, or latifundia, to increase production. Slave labour was brought in and water was fed through irrigation ditches supplied by small reservoirs. The writer Pliny eventually complained that large-scale industrial farming ruined Italy and her provinces.
Agricultural
Building Name Latifundium |
Level Name rom_ROMAN_outskirts_minor_grain_4 |
Building Chain Agricultural |
Building Level 4 |
Create Time 12 |
Create Cost 4320 |
Require Technology Seed Selection |
Effects
15 food (this_region)135 wealth from farming (agriculture) (this_building)
-10 public order(squalor) (this_province)
+2% unit replenishment (regions_in_this_province)
Bread and Games Edict:
2 food (this_province)
+0.3% 1st Class Citizen (this_building)
+0.7% 3rd Class Citizen (this_building)
Supplies: +5 + base * 0.4% (this_building)
Export Food Edict: -5 food (this_province)
Export Food Edict: +9% local farming income (this_province)
Export Food Edict: -3 growth (this_province)
Provides Garrison Army
No Garrison Units
Recruitable Units
No Recruitable Units
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