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Boiling Oil Rome (Hannibal at the Gates)Rome (Hannibal at the Gates) Fabian Strategy Tier 2

Boiling Oil

Not even the bravest can master being scalded to death.

The passive protection of walls was never enough to keep out attackers. Defenders began experimenting with other ways to repel invading enemy forces, and one such method was the use of boiling oil. The Roman army encountered it at the siege of Jotapata. The historian Josephus described the effect the oil had on the Roman soldiers, "the oil did easily run down the whole body from head to foot, under their armour, and fed upon their flesh like flame itself."

Fabian Strategy

Boiling Oil

Node Set

Fabian Strategy Tier 2

research_points

400

cost_per_round

0

Effects

  • -3% siege unit costs (all provinces)
  • +1 siege hold-out time for besieged settlements
    (double for city-ports) (all regions)
  • Enables settlement gates to pour boiling oil (all regions)
Requires
Requires Technologies Battering RamBattering Ram
Enables
Enables Technologies Ammunition StoresAmmunition Stores
Enables Buildings Town (Blacksmith)Town (Blacksmith)
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