Samnites (Samnite Wars) Lead Level 3

Town (Shaft Mine)

"Dig deeper, you dogs! You’re not done 'til I say so!"

Found in abundance across the whole world, lead has been used by people for thousands of years as it is extremely soft, malleable and easy to extract by smelting. The Egyptians used it to glaze pottery and the Babylonians and Assyrians used lead sheets for construction. However, the Romans were the greatest exploiters of it, with an estimated annual output of eighty thousand tonnes. Lead was extracted from crushed and smelted galena ore, a by-product of silver mining. The Romans used 'plumbum' to line their baths and make their water pipes, hence the English word 'plumber'. Even the gladiators in the Coliseum used lead as knuckle covers.

Effects

-4 food (this_region)
220 wealth from mining (industry) (this_building)
+3 growth per turn (this_province)
120 lead (this_building)
[NOT DISPLAYED] Drives the road levels between settlements (this_region)
Level I armour (+5% armour) upon recruitment (this_province)
Level I weapons (+5% melee attack) upon recruitment (this_province)
+12 line of sight across borders (this_region)

Provides Garrison Army

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