Lead (Total War: Attila)

Description

Soft and common, but useful beyond measure.

Lead has been used for thousands of years in all sorts of ways as it is easy to smelt, and easy to work either by casting or hammering into shape. The Romans were great users of lead, with some estimates going as high as 80,000 tonnes per year. Lead was extracted from galena ore that was a by-product of mining for silver. The Romans used this lead, or plumbum, to line baths and make their water pipes, and this use for water pipes gave English the word 'plumber', literally a worker in lead. The Romans and Greeks also produced lead coins and used it in construction. Some boxing gladiators used lead as knuckle covers. The Egyptians used lead to glaze pottery while the Babylonians and Assyrians used lead sheets in buildings. However, lead is a rather toxic material, and some even believe lead pollution contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Roman atmospheric lead pollution can be measured today in ancient ice core samples.

Trade Value

Lead has a value of 5 at the start of the campaign.

Settlements

• Melitene, Cappadocia
• Scupi, Dardania
• Budorgis, Hercynia
• Segontium, Britannia Inferior
• Zafar, Arabia Felix

Building Chain

Tier	Name	Cost	Sanitation	Public order	Resource production	Bonus
1	Lead Deposit	2000	0	0	20
2	Lead Mine	3000	-2	-1	40
3	Lead Smelter	5000	-4	-2	80
4	Glass Workshop	8000	-6	-4	160

Required for building

Roman

• Pewter Manufacture
• Aqueduct Network
• Cloaca

Arian

• Arian Patriarchal Basilica
• Arian Basilica
• Arian Monastery

Latin Christianity

• Latin Patriarchal Basilica
• Latin Basilica
• Latin Monastery

Greek Christianity

• Greek Patriarchal Basilica
• Greek Basilica
• Greek Monastery