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		<id>https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Mediterranean_Defense&amp;diff=370760</id>
		<title>Mediterranean Defense</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;96.41.225.122: /* Trivia */  Should note this one since it&amp;#039;s confused a lot of people. Not sure though if its the end or start of sequence 4.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Era|ACR}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Mediterranean-defense-map.png|thumb|250px|Mediterranean Defense menu]]&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;Mediterranean Defense&#039;&#039;&#039; was the collection of [[Assassins|Assassin]] contracts given to the [[apprentices]] in [[Constantinople]] during the [[Renaissance]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
During the early 16th Century, the Assassin Brotherhood - under the direction of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]] - sought to expand its influence throughout the Mediterranean. They then began sending apprentices and recruits to cities controlled by the [[Templars]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Their exploits ranged from simple acts, such as protecting merchants and officials who were loyal to the Brotherhood or against the Templars, to greater plots involving assassinations and freeing jailed allies. Some special requests - specifically the survey requests of [[Piri Reis]] - involved the Assassins traveling to specific cities and mapping the area.&lt;br /&gt;
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Many of these cities were eventually freed from Templar rule and came under Assassin control. The Brotherhood took special care to improve the standard of living in these regions by improving daily income, and providing many opportunities for their newly-liberated citizens. The apprentices who were sent on these missions gained experience, and as a whole, the Assassin Order gained funds to further their operations, as well as other rewards.&lt;br /&gt;
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After a local guild was established, certain apprentices from Constantinople could also be assigned to become permanently based in one of the cities. There, they provided protection, and furthered the Brotherhood&#039;s goals more directly.&lt;br /&gt;
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A constant danger, however, was the possibility of Templar reprisal. Contracts needed to be completed regularly to maintain the Assassins&#039; control of the city. Should the Assassins&#039; control fall too low, the Templars would attempt a reclamation of the city, and apprentices would be required to rally a defense.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cities involved==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Marseille]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Damascus]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jerusalem]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Madrid]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Lisbon]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Genoa]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tunis]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tripoli]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Algiers]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alexandria]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Bursa]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Athens]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rhodes]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trivia==&lt;br /&gt;
*Rhodes is only unlocked in Mediterranean Defense after playing a multiplayer match on each map in the city, namely [[Knight&#039;s Hospital]], [[Souk]] and [[Ippokratous]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Some Mediterranean Defense missions have a reward of automatically recruiting one apprentice to your ranks, though are only valid if the player has vacancies in the roster.&lt;br /&gt;
* Managing Assassin Guilds increases the percentage-of-control capacity of the city. A city with no Assassins garrisoned has a percentage-of-control capacity of 50%. The maximum amount of Assassins garrisoned permitted is 5, where the percentage-of-control capacity is 100%. Placing 5 low-ranked Assassins in a city will yield a percentage-of-control capacity below 100% but higher than 50%.&lt;br /&gt;
* Every 20 minutes, at the same time you receive your revenue deposit at the [[bank]] from city renovations, all the cities will lose a random percentage of Assassin control (or an increase in Templar control if relevant). If that percentage reduces Assassin control to 0%, the city will be sieged by the Templars.&lt;br /&gt;
* Some city missions require a specific type of Assassin to be assigned before any others can be assigned along. There are four types, each signified by a symbol by their rank number: [[crossbow]], [[Heavy weapons|heavy weapon]], [[Short blades|short blade]], and [[hidden blade]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Of particular note is the mission &amp;quot;The Little Prince&amp;quot;, which comes with the highest XP reward of any Mediterranean Defense mission. Once an assassin[s] are assigned to it however, they will be assigned to it for  an &amp;quot;unknown amount of time&amp;quot;, and will not be available again untill the start of Sequence 4.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Armchair General.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
*The [[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations Achievements|achievement]] &amp;quot;Armchair General&amp;quot; can be earned by controlling all of the cities (except Rhodes) simultaneously.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Source==&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations Gameplay]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Rome&amp;diff=455337</id>
		<title>Rome</title>
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		<updated>2012-06-03T21:56:18Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;96.41.225.122: /* Trivia */ though I should probably reverse that.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Era|AC2|Brotherhood|PL|Renaissance|Bbook|Rbook|FC|Lineage|Ascendance}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{WP-REAL}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{WPlocations}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Revamp}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|name      =&lt;br /&gt;
|image     =Rome.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|hidep     =&lt;br /&gt;
|state     =Papal States, [[Italy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rulers    =[[Papacy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|factions  =[[Templars]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Assassins]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Thieves]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Courtesans]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Mercenaries]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[House of Borgia]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Followers of Romulus]]&lt;br /&gt;
|hideh     =&lt;br /&gt;
|founded   =Romulus and Remus&lt;br /&gt;
|date      =753 BC&lt;br /&gt;
|abandoned =&lt;br /&gt;
|hidea     =&lt;br /&gt;
|landmark  =[[Colosseum]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Capella Sistina]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Castel Sant&#039;Angelo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|flags     =101 [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] [[Flags|flags]]&lt;br /&gt;
|targets   =[[Rodrigo Borgia]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Octavian de Valois]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Micheletto Corella]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Il Carnefice]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Malfatto]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Silvestro Sabbatini]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Lia de Russo]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Lanz]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Donato Mancini]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Brother Ristoro]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Gaspar de la Croix]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Auguste Oberlin]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{quote|Roma is the pillar that holds our entire enterprise aloft. She cannot waver; which means neither can you.|[[Cesare Borgia]] to his allies.|Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Rome&#039;&#039;&#039; (Italian: &#039;&#039;Roma&#039;&#039;) was a major city in [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]], capital of the {{Wiki|Papal States}} and headquarters of the Italian sect of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. During the [[Modern times|modern era]], it was the capital city of the Italian Republic.&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
===The Beginning of an Empire===&lt;br /&gt;
According to legend, two brothers were given a choice, the money or the kingdom; one chose the kingdom while the other chose the money. Both of the brothers had two fine daughters. One brother used his money to hire mercenaries, and stole the kingdom from his brother, the King, imprisoning the King&#039;s daughter in the process. Whilst imprisoned, she gave birth to twin boys (&#039;&#039;Romulus and Remus&#039;&#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
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The new king ordered that her and the children be killed; however, the daughter of the new king pleaded that her cousin be spared, so the new king ordered that only the twins be executed, while the daughter be spared. The servants feared the river because of high-tide and so, instead of drowning the twins, they simply placed them near the shallow section of the river, thinking they would still die when the tide came in.&lt;br /&gt;
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The twins floated down the river until they were found and cared for by a wolf and a bird. A shepherd saw the twins and, remembering a rumor about the twins surviving; he took care of them and raised them as his own until the old king heard of the twins. Together they reclaimed the city, and when their grandfather asked them to guard over the city and become its rulers, they refused the offer, as they believed it was their grandfather&#039;s kingdom, not theirs. From there, they decided to build their own city, which would later be called Rome.&lt;br /&gt;
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Archaeological evidence supports that Rome did in fact grow from pastoral settlements on [[Colle Palatino]], the future site of the Roman Forum, upon which there are several caves. Eventually, the Republic of Rome was founded in c. 510 B.C.E. The successful and wealthy Republic gave birth to the imperial Roman Empires c. 27 B.C.E, which were sprawling territories ruled by succeeding emperors.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 476, the Western Roman Empire fell, and the Roman Catholic Church managed to take power in 756. After that, Rome became an economic and cultural powerhouse in Europe, even though [[Florence]] surpassed Rome as the centre of the Italian Renaissance. Due to the rivalry between the two cities, the papacy spent vast amounts of money to create cultural masterworks.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Roman era===&lt;br /&gt;
On 15 March 45 BC, [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] was killed by the [[Assassins]], led by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Project Legacy&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Project Legacy]]&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the year 41, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Leonius]] assassinated the Templar [[Caligula]] in Rome, whom he stabbed with a [[dagger]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed II]]&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Renaissance era===&lt;br /&gt;
In 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] and a powerful figure in Vatican politics briefly left the city to discuss his Order&#039;s plans, before returning to affirm [[Papacy|Papal]] approval. Assent was given by Pope Sixtus IV, and the Templars were provided with military support for their endeavors.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Lineage&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Lineage]]&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1492, Rodrigo became Pope Alexander VI, and head of the Papal States and Catholic Church. Ruling from Rome, he was left alone by the Assassins for the most part, until 1499, when [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] learned that [[the Vault]] was located in Rome, beneath the [[Capella Sistina|Sistine Chapel]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1500, following the [[Fall of Monteriggioni|siege]] by [[Cesare Borgia]] on the Assassin headquarters of [[Monteriggioni]], Ezio Auditore returned to Rome to exact his revenge. Rome, at the time, had fallen far behind its fellow cities of Florence and [[Venice]], and had grown stagnant in terms of development due to the influence of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Borgia maintained oppression over the city with [[Borgia Towers]] located throughout Rome, which prevented [[Merchants|shops]] from opening. In order to free Rome of the Borgia influence, Ezio killed the [[Borgia Captains|overlords]] of the towers and burned the structures themselves to the ground, taking them over for the Assassin Order afterwards.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, due to the loss of Monteriggioni, Ezio established the [[Assassins Guild]] in Rome, and set up its [[Tiber Island headquarters|headquarters]] on [[Tiber Island]]. By recruiting several Roman [[civilians]] as [[Apprentices|Apprentice Assassins]], the Assassin Order worked to free Rome of Templar control.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{wide image|Rome_1_by_murcuseo-d338rco.jpg|1800px|Panorama of Rome during the late 15&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;century.&lt;br /&gt;
|alt=Panorama of Rome}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Modern Times===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]], [[Rebecca Crane|Rebecca]] and [[Shaun Hastings|Shaun]] travelled to Rome on 10&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; of October, 2012 to retrieve the [[Ezio&#039;s Apple|Apple of Eden]], after Desmond relived the last of Ezio&#039;s memory and found that Ezio had locked the [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] in the [[Colosseum Vault|Vault]], and had left the [[72|password]] to unlock the Vault on the wall of the [[Sanctuary]], where they were hiding.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure==&lt;br /&gt;
The city is divided into four districts: [[Centro District|Centro]], [[Antico District|Antico]], [[Campagna district|Campagna]], and the [[Vaticano District]]. With the exception of the Vaticano district, these were also subdivided into 12 territories, each one controlled by a Borgia Tower.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Landmarks in Rome included the [[Pantheon]], the [[Colosseo]], the [[Passetto di Borgo]], the [[Castel Sant&#039;Angelo]] and [[Capella Sistina|Cappella Sistina]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Assassination Targets==&lt;br /&gt;
===44 BCE===&lt;br /&gt;
*Gaius Julius Caesar&lt;br /&gt;
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===15&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; century===&lt;br /&gt;
*Rodrigo Borgia (spared) ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed II|ACII]] DNA Sequence 14: Veni, Vidi, Vici [[In Bocca Al Lupo|Memory 2]])&lt;br /&gt;
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===16&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; century===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Juan Borgia]] ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood|AC:B]] DNA Sequence 5: The Banker [[In And Out|Memory 4]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Octavian de Valois]] ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood|AC:B]] DNA Sequence 6: The Baron de Valois [[Au Revoir|Memory 4]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Micheletto Corella]] (spared) ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood|AC:B]] DNA Sequence 7: The Key to the Castello [[Exit Stage Right|Memory 3]])&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trivia==&lt;br /&gt;
*The city of Rome is the single largest city and the second largest map ever seen in the [[Assassin&#039;s Creed (series)|&#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed&#039;&#039; series]], after the [[Frontier]] in &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed III]]&#039;&#039; . It is three times larger than Florence, the first city featured in &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed II]]&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260729 13 killer Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood facts]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*In-game, the city is tilted roughly 15 degrees to the right from real life.&lt;br /&gt;
*While Rome and Florence&#039;s architecture were historically similar during the game&#039;s time period, the developers of &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood]]&#039;&#039; designed Rome with its later Baroque style to be more familiar to their audience.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.livescience.com/culture/assassins-creed-virtual-rome-renaissance-scholar-101112.html A Renaissance Scholar Helps Build Virtual Rome, &#039;&#039;Live Science&#039;&#039; article]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*The area where Ezio climbed up to the Castello from the river in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&#039;&#039; is unreachable in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&#039;&#039;, with fencing and blockades along the Castello and Vaticano district.&lt;br /&gt;
*The buildings seen north of the Passetto di Borgo in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&#039;&#039; do not appear in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Gallery==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery widths=&amp;quot;180&amp;quot; position=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; spacing=&amp;quot;small&amp;quot; captionalign=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; captiontextcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
assassins-creed-brotherhood_1276846795.jpg|Concept art of the Castel Sant&#039;Angelo.&lt;br /&gt;
996094_20100614_790screen002.jpg|Concept art of Rome.&lt;br /&gt;
article-1276605924782-0A0B3F76000005DC-888923_636x300.jpg|Ezio riding through the city towards the Pantheon.&lt;br /&gt;
z_68fe6e4d.jpg|The map of Rome used for [[Abstergo Industries]]&#039; Animus Training Program.&lt;br /&gt;
Paoraaahadwf.jpg|Rome at sunset.&lt;br /&gt;
Rome Bird&#039;s eye view.jpg|Bird-eye view of Rome.&lt;br /&gt;
Castel Sant Angelo..jpg|The centre of Borgia control, the Castel Sant&#039;Angelo.&lt;br /&gt;
Climbing rome.jpg|A wide view of the [[Centro district]], seen from the [[Trajan Market|Mercato di Traiano]].&lt;br /&gt;
Rome at night.jpg|Panoramic view of Rome at night.&lt;br /&gt;
Rome rooftops.jpg|Roman rooftops at night.&lt;br /&gt;
Romedusk.jpg|Panoramic view of Rome at dusk.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{ACII}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{ACBrotherhood}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[es:Roma]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Rome| ]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Italy]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Lineage Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed II Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Ascendance Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed (French Comic) Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood (Novel) Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations (Novel) Locations]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Rome</title>
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		<updated>2012-06-03T21:55:30Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;96.41.225.122: /* Trivia */ Calling the frontier a &amp;quot;city&amp;quot; is just silly.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Era|AC2|Brotherhood|PL|Renaissance|Bbook|Rbook|FC|Lineage|Ascendance}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{WP-REAL}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{WPlocations}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Revamp}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|name      =&lt;br /&gt;
|image     =Rome.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|hidep     =&lt;br /&gt;
|state     =Papal States, [[Italy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rulers    =[[Papacy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|factions  =[[Templars]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Assassins]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Thieves]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Courtesans]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Mercenaries]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[House of Borgia]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Followers of Romulus]]&lt;br /&gt;
|hideh     =&lt;br /&gt;
|founded   =Romulus and Remus&lt;br /&gt;
|date      =753 BC&lt;br /&gt;
|abandoned =&lt;br /&gt;
|hidea     =&lt;br /&gt;
|landmark  =[[Colosseum]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Capella Sistina]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Castel Sant&#039;Angelo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|flags     =101 [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] [[Flags|flags]]&lt;br /&gt;
|targets   =[[Rodrigo Borgia]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Octavian de Valois]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Micheletto Corella]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Il Carnefice]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Malfatto]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Silvestro Sabbatini]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Lia de Russo]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Lanz]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Donato Mancini]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Brother Ristoro]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Gaspar de la Croix]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Auguste Oberlin]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{quote|Roma is the pillar that holds our entire enterprise aloft. She cannot waver; which means neither can you.|[[Cesare Borgia]] to his allies.|Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Rome&#039;&#039;&#039; (Italian: &#039;&#039;Roma&#039;&#039;) was a major city in [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]], capital of the {{Wiki|Papal States}} and headquarters of the Italian sect of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. During the [[Modern times|modern era]], it was the capital city of the Italian Republic.&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
===The Beginning of an Empire===&lt;br /&gt;
According to legend, two brothers were given a choice, the money or the kingdom; one chose the kingdom while the other chose the money. Both of the brothers had two fine daughters. One brother used his money to hire mercenaries, and stole the kingdom from his brother, the King, imprisoning the King&#039;s daughter in the process. Whilst imprisoned, she gave birth to twin boys (&#039;&#039;Romulus and Remus&#039;&#039;).&lt;br /&gt;
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The new king ordered that her and the children be killed; however, the daughter of the new king pleaded that her cousin be spared, so the new king ordered that only the twins be executed, while the daughter be spared. The servants feared the river because of high-tide and so, instead of drowning the twins, they simply placed them near the shallow section of the river, thinking they would still die when the tide came in.&lt;br /&gt;
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The twins floated down the river until they were found and cared for by a wolf and a bird. A shepherd saw the twins and, remembering a rumor about the twins surviving; he took care of them and raised them as his own until the old king heard of the twins. Together they reclaimed the city, and when their grandfather asked them to guard over the city and become its rulers, they refused the offer, as they believed it was their grandfather&#039;s kingdom, not theirs. From there, they decided to build their own city, which would later be called Rome.&lt;br /&gt;
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Archaeological evidence supports that Rome did in fact grow from pastoral settlements on [[Colle Palatino]], the future site of the Roman Forum, upon which there are several caves. Eventually, the Republic of Rome was founded in c. 510 B.C.E. The successful and wealthy Republic gave birth to the imperial Roman Empires c. 27 B.C.E, which were sprawling territories ruled by succeeding emperors.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 476, the Western Roman Empire fell, and the Roman Catholic Church managed to take power in 756. After that, Rome became an economic and cultural powerhouse in Europe, even though [[Florence]] surpassed Rome as the centre of the Italian Renaissance. Due to the rivalry between the two cities, the papacy spent vast amounts of money to create cultural masterworks.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Roman era===&lt;br /&gt;
On 15 March 45 BC, [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] was killed by the [[Assassins]], led by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Project Legacy&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Project Legacy]]&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the year 41, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Leonius]] assassinated the Templar [[Caligula]] in Rome, whom he stabbed with a [[dagger]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed II]]&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Renaissance era===&lt;br /&gt;
In 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] and a powerful figure in Vatican politics briefly left the city to discuss his Order&#039;s plans, before returning to affirm [[Papacy|Papal]] approval. Assent was given by Pope Sixtus IV, and the Templars were provided with military support for their endeavors.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Lineage&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Lineage]]&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1492, Rodrigo became Pope Alexander VI, and head of the Papal States and Catholic Church. Ruling from Rome, he was left alone by the Assassins for the most part, until 1499, when [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] learned that [[the Vault]] was located in Rome, beneath the [[Capella Sistina|Sistine Chapel]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1500, following the [[Fall of Monteriggioni|siege]] by [[Cesare Borgia]] on the Assassin headquarters of [[Monteriggioni]], Ezio Auditore returned to Rome to exact his revenge. Rome, at the time, had fallen far behind its fellow cities of Florence and [[Venice]], and had grown stagnant in terms of development due to the influence of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Borgia maintained oppression over the city with [[Borgia Towers]] located throughout Rome, which prevented [[Merchants|shops]] from opening. In order to free Rome of the Borgia influence, Ezio killed the [[Borgia Captains|overlords]] of the towers and burned the structures themselves to the ground, taking them over for the Assassin Order afterwards.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, due to the loss of Monteriggioni, Ezio established the [[Assassins Guild]] in Rome, and set up its [[Tiber Island headquarters|headquarters]] on [[Tiber Island]]. By recruiting several Roman [[civilians]] as [[Apprentices|Apprentice Assassins]], the Assassin Order worked to free Rome of Templar control.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{wide image|Rome_1_by_murcuseo-d338rco.jpg|1800px|Panorama of Rome during the late 15&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;century.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Modern Times===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]], [[Rebecca Crane|Rebecca]] and [[Shaun Hastings|Shaun]] travelled to Rome on 10&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; of October, 2012 to retrieve the [[Ezio&#039;s Apple|Apple of Eden]], after Desmond relived the last of Ezio&#039;s memory and found that Ezio had locked the [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] in the [[Colosseum Vault|Vault]], and had left the [[72|password]] to unlock the Vault on the wall of the [[Sanctuary]], where they were hiding.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Structure==&lt;br /&gt;
The city is divided into four districts: [[Centro District|Centro]], [[Antico District|Antico]], [[Campagna district|Campagna]], and the [[Vaticano District]]. With the exception of the Vaticano district, these were also subdivided into 12 territories, each one controlled by a Borgia Tower.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Landmarks in Rome included the [[Pantheon]], the [[Colosseo]], the [[Passetto di Borgo]], the [[Castel Sant&#039;Angelo]] and [[Capella Sistina|Cappella Sistina]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Assassination Targets==&lt;br /&gt;
===44 BCE===&lt;br /&gt;
*Gaius Julius Caesar&lt;br /&gt;
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===15&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; century===&lt;br /&gt;
*Rodrigo Borgia (spared) ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed II|ACII]] DNA Sequence 14: Veni, Vidi, Vici [[In Bocca Al Lupo|Memory 2]])&lt;br /&gt;
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===16&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; century===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Juan Borgia]] ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood|AC:B]] DNA Sequence 5: The Banker [[In And Out|Memory 4]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Octavian de Valois]] ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood|AC:B]] DNA Sequence 6: The Baron de Valois [[Au Revoir|Memory 4]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Micheletto Corella]] (spared) ([[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood|AC:B]] DNA Sequence 7: The Key to the Castello [[Exit Stage Right|Memory 3]])&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trivia==&lt;br /&gt;
*The city of Rome is the second largest map and single largest city ever seen in the [[Assassin&#039;s Creed (series)|&#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed&#039;&#039; series]], after the [[Frontier]] in &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed III]]&#039;&#039; . It is three times larger than Florence, the first city featured in &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed II]]&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260729 13 killer Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood facts]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*In-game, the city is tilted roughly 15 degrees to the right from real life.&lt;br /&gt;
*While Rome and Florence&#039;s architecture were historically similar during the game&#039;s time period, the developers of &#039;&#039;[[Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood]]&#039;&#039; designed Rome with its later Baroque style to be more familiar to their audience.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.livescience.com/culture/assassins-creed-virtual-rome-renaissance-scholar-101112.html A Renaissance Scholar Helps Build Virtual Rome, &#039;&#039;Live Science&#039;&#039; article]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*The area where Ezio climbed up to the Castello from the river in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&#039;&#039; is unreachable in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&#039;&#039;, with fencing and blockades along the Castello and Vaticano district.&lt;br /&gt;
*The buildings seen north of the Passetto di Borgo in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed II&#039;&#039; do not appear in &#039;&#039;Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Gallery==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery widths=&amp;quot;180&amp;quot; position=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; spacing=&amp;quot;small&amp;quot; captionalign=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; captiontextcolor=&amp;quot;#ffffff&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
assassins-creed-brotherhood_1276846795.jpg|Concept art of the Castel Sant&#039;Angelo.&lt;br /&gt;
996094_20100614_790screen002.jpg|Concept art of Rome.&lt;br /&gt;
article-1276605924782-0A0B3F76000005DC-888923_636x300.jpg|Ezio riding through the city towards the Pantheon.&lt;br /&gt;
z_68fe6e4d.jpg|The map of Rome used for [[Abstergo Industries]]&#039; Animus Training Program.&lt;br /&gt;
Paoraaahadwf.jpg|Rome at sunset.&lt;br /&gt;
Rome Bird&#039;s eye view.jpg|Bird-eye view of Rome.&lt;br /&gt;
Castel Sant Angelo..jpg|The centre of Borgia control, the Castel Sant&#039;Angelo.&lt;br /&gt;
Climbing rome.jpg|A wide view of the [[Centro district]], seen from the [[Trajan Market|Mercato di Traiano]].&lt;br /&gt;
Rome at night.jpg|Panoramic view of Rome at night.&lt;br /&gt;
Rome rooftops.jpg|Roman rooftops at night.&lt;br /&gt;
Romedusk.jpg|Panoramic view of Rome at dusk.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Lineage Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed II Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Ascendance Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed (French Comic) Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Brotherhood (Novel) Locations]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Assassin&#039;s Creed: Revelations (Novel) Locations]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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