Wine (Total War: Attila)

Description

In vino, veritas.

Wine-making has been a part of the diet and culture of western civilisations for thousands of years. The growing and fermenting of grapes began as early 7000BC in what is now the Caucasus. Wine was transported across the Ancient world in the very-recognisable amphorae. To the ancient peoples it was not so much a pleasant drink or a pastime but more a religion. Wine deities are found in every pantheon: Shezmu in Egypt, Bachus in Rome and Dionysus in Greece all looked after the products of fermented grapes. It played an important role in the ceremonial lives of the Egyptians and Greeks. Wherever the Romans conquered they also traded, settled and drank wine. This accounts for the spread of viticulture throughout the Empire years. The major wine regions and grape varieties of France, Italy and Spain we know today can all be traced back to the Romans' love of wine. However, the Romans would have thought modern drinkers were barbaric for drinking wine undiluted. A civilised man always drank one part wine to at least two parts water!

Trade Value

Wine has a value of 10 at the start of the campaign.

Settlements

• Aquae Sextiae, Narbonensis
• Edessa, Osroene
• Salona, Dalmatia
• Chersonessus, Sarmatia Europaea
• Malaca, Baetica
• Syracusae, Magna Greacia

Building Chain

Tier	Name	Cost	Sanitation	Public order	Resource production	Food
1	Orchards	2500	0	3	20	50
2	Vineyard	4000	-1	5	40	50
	Fruit Orchard	3000	-1	3	20	90
3	Grape Press	7000	-3	7	80	70
	Fruit Plantation	5000	-3	4	20	130
4	Winery	11500	-5	9	160	90
	Fruit Dryer	8000	-5	5	20	170

Required for building

Roman

• Wine Market
• Wine Emporium

Germanic Paganism

• Court of Godan’s Dance