EB Quick Question

In the vanilla RTW the currency used to build stuctures and recruit soldiers was the denarius. In EB (great mod, btw!), this currency has been changed to something called mnai. A quick web search on "mnai" revealed nothing, so I was just wondering who exactly used the mnai historically, or if it is just a fictional universal coin like the Florin of MTW.

This also raises the question if it is possible to have a faction specific coin name for individual factions in future versions of EB or EB2. (Denarii for thr Romani, Drachma for the Greeks/Egypt etc......)

The answer to this is in the FAQ - search for IV Gameplay; it's directly above that section.

From the FAQ:


Q: What are mnai?
A: In EB the Rome TW currency Denarii is replaced by the more historically accurate mnai or minae. A mnai is 1/60 of a talent (Greek: talanton).

The talent was once a Babylonian weight unit, and varied much over time and in the places it was used.
In the 3rd century BC contracts between Rome and Qart Hadasht, the Attic/Euböic talent is used, which amounted approximately 27 kg.
(As for another example: After the second Punic war, Qart Hadasht had to pay 10.000 talents (600.000 mnai or 270 tons of silver) to Rome.

During the EB timeframe there were two major types of currency systems in use in the Mediterranean region.

Attic
6 obols = 1 drachma
100 drachmae = 1 mnai
60 mnai = 1 Talent

Qart Hadasht / Ptolemaic Egypt
60 shiqlu = 1 mnai
60 mnai = 1 Talent

If I had the choice I would have chosen, not the mnami, but instead "the gold coin" :san_grin:

In a side note, the Florin is not a fictional coin, it was coin of Florence, the main banker of medieval/early-modern europe. First minted in the middle of the 13th century I believe.

I was aware that the Florin was a coin minted in Florence, but I had no idea that they were bankers for most of Europe at that time. So i guess that it actually does make sense that they are universal in that game.