User Guide

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do not address the larger problem of poor
sanitation. You may do so with Bath Houses
and Hospitals.
Bath Houses: Be sure to build Bath Houses in areas
that have pipe access, and are near housing. Bath
Houses raise the land values of surrounding areas, and
will raise your city’s Culture rating. Bath Houses will
develop and improve in appearance as their land
values go up. A Bath House provides sanitation to
certain radius around it. A larger, more developed
Bath House will serve a wider radius. Bath Houses do
not need road access.
Hospitals: Hospitals serve the entire city, and not just
the areas near them. Your city’s Hospital Coverage is
expressed as a percentage, and is displayed in each
building’s Query panel. If your Hospital Cover dips
below 100 percent, housing throughout your city may
become diseased. In this case, you should build
another hospital.
Hospitals need road access. They also must be within
areas that have tax coverage by a Forum, so that
Forum officials may administer the hospital.
ENTERTAINMENT
The people of the Roman Empire expect more
out of life than just the humdrum essentials.
They will not be happy unless they have access
to some kind of entertainment, whether it be a
play at the theater, a chariot race at a circus,
or a gladiator fight in the local arena. In order
to really give land values a boost, an area
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