Temple of Pythagoras

2011-05-20T16:29:57Z

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{{Location Infobox|image = Acbdlc4sp05pythagoriantemple.jpg
|state = None
|rulers = None
|factions = *[[Cult of Hermes]]
*[[Assassins]]
|founded = Pythagoreans
|date = Unknown
|landmark = [[Pythagorean Vault]]
|flags = None
|targets = [[Ercole Massimo]]
}}
{{Youmay|the temple itself|the [[The Temple of Pythagoras|memory set in the temple]]}}
The '''Temple of Pythagoras''' is an ancient temple located beneath [[Rome]], built by the Pythagoreans; the followers of [[Pythagoras]].

During his time at the [[Villa Auditore]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] researched about the Temple of Pythagoras. As his research advanced, he decided to draw a map to its entrance, and used invisible ink to sketch the pieces of the map onto his paintings on the villa's walls. However, when the city was [[Fall of Monteriggioni|attacked]], the paintings fell into the hands of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] family.

As Leonardo continued his research until 1506 in [[Rome]], he eventually came into contact with the [[Cult of Hermes]]. He frequently visited the personal library of the Cult's leader, [[Ercole Massimo]], in order to acquire even more information on the subject. Eventually, he was kidnapped by the Hermeticists, who desired the location of the temple, and the "Pythagorean Unifier" that was said to be hidden within it.

[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] managed to gather the paintings and, with the help of Leonardo's assistant [[Salaì]], discovered the temple's location. Upon rescuing Leonardo from the cultists, the two ventured deeper to explore the Temple of Pythagoras together, until they eventually stumbled upon the final chamber, a [[Pythagorean Vault|vault]] with a [[Vault pedestal|strange device]] in its center. When Ezio placed his hand on it, his DNA communed with the pedestal, revealing the coordinates: '''43 39 19N 75 27 42W'''. Ultimately, however, he decided that it would be best to leave it and do nothing, saying that the message was not meant for them.

==Trivia==
*The above coordinates reveal a [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.655205,-75.461655&spn=0.008011,0.01929&t=h&z=16&q=43%C2%B039%2719%22N%2075%C2%B027%2742%22W crater] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin_(village),_New_York#Geography village of Turin] in proximity to [[Wikipedia:Whetstone Gulf State Park|Whetstone Gulf State Park]] in New York, which [http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5910/bildschirmfoto20110322u.png wasn’t there] in 1998.
*Connecting the above coordinates with [[Wikipedia:Rome, New York|Rome, New York]] to the South and [[Wikipedia:Florence, New York|Florence, New York]] to the West while measuring the approximate distances with Bing maps results in an [http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/tuckerdwz2025/acbtrianglenotations.jpg almost perfect Pythagorean triangle].
*The rooms leading to the Temple of Pythagoras each represent the five elements attributed to the points of a [[Wikipedia:Pentagram|Pythagorean pentagram]]. The catacombs represent earth, the pool Ezio must cross to first reach Leonardo represents water, the room involving reflecting light represents [[Wikipedia:Aether (classical element)|aether]], and the two following rooms quite obviously represent air, then fire.
*Ezio seems to have remembered [[Minerva]]'s warning in the [[Vatican Vault]], and likely thinks that, again, the message was not being delivered to him, but through him.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
Zw-ACBH-DLC-10-2.jpg|The room of light.
Zw-ACBH-DLC-10-9.jpg|The room of fire.
</gallery>

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''
[[Category:Rome]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]

Temple of Pythagoras

2011-05-20T16:26:42Z

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{{Era|acb}}
{{spoilerhd}}
{{Location Infobox|image = Acbdlc4sp05pythagoriantemple.jpg
|state = None
|rulers = None
|factions = *[[Cult of Hermes]]
*[[Assassins]]
|founded = Pythagoreans
|date = Unknown
|landmark = [[Pythagorean Vault]]
|flags = None
|targets = [[Ercole Massimo]]
}}
{{Youmay|the temple itself|the [[The Temple of Pythagoras|memory set in the temple]]}}
The '''Temple of Pythagoras''' is an ancient temple located beneath [[Rome]], built by the Pythagoreans; the followers of [[Pythagoras]].

During his time at the [[Villa Auditore]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] researched about the Temple of Pythagoras. As his research advanced, he decided to draw a map to its entrance, and used invisible ink to sketch the pieces of the map onto his paintings on the villa's walls. However, when the city was [[Fall of Monteriggioni|attacked]], the paintings fell into the hands of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] family.

As Leonardo continued his research until 1506 in [[Rome]], he eventually came into contact with the [[Cult of Hermes]]. He frequently visited the personal library of the Cult's leader, [[Ercole Massimo]], in order to acquire even more information on the subject. Eventually, he was kidnapped by the Hermeticists, who desired the location of the temple, and the "Pythagorean Unifier" that was said to be hidden within it.

[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] managed to gather the paintings and, with the help of Leonardo's assistant [[Salaì]], discovered the temple's location. Upon rescuing Leonardo from the cultists, the two ventured deeper to explore the Temple of Pythagoras together, until they eventually stumbled upon the final chamber, a [[Pythagorean Vault|vault]] with a [[Vault pedestal|strange device]] in its center. When Ezio placed his hand on it, his DNA communed with the pedestal, revealing the coordinates: '''43 39 19N 75 27 42W'''. Ultimately, however, he decided that it would be best to leave it and do nothing, saying that the message was not meant for them.

==Trivia==
*The above coordinates reveal a [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.655205,-75.461655&spn=0.008011,0.01929&t=h&z=16&q=43%C2%B039%2719%22N%2075%C2%B027%2742%22W crater] by the town of Turin in proximity to [[Wikipedia:Whetstone Gulf State Park|Whetstone Gulf State Park]] in New York, which [http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5910/bildschirmfoto20110322u.png wasn’t there] in 1998.
*Connecting the above coordinates with [[Wikipedia:Rome, New York|Rome, New York]] to the South and [[Wikipedia:Florence, New York|Florence, New York]] to the West while measuring the approximate distances with Bing maps results in an [http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/tuckerdwz2025/acbtrianglenotations.jpg almost perfect Pythagorean triangle].
*The rooms leading to the Temple of Pythagoras each represent the five elements attributed to the points of a [[Wikipedia:Pentagram|Pythagorean pentagram]]. The catacombs represent earth, the pool Ezio must cross to first reach Leonardo represents water, the room involving reflecting light represents [[Wikipedia:Aether (classical element)|aether]], and the two following rooms quite obviously represent air, then fire.
*Ezio seems to have remembered [[Minerva]]'s warning in the [[Vatican Vault]], and likely thinks that, again, the message was not being delivered to him, but through him.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
Zw-ACBH-DLC-10-2.jpg|The room of light.
Zw-ACBH-DLC-10-9.jpg|The room of fire.
</gallery>

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''
[[Category:Rome]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]

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