Editing Gabiniani

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|name = Gabiniani
|founder = [[Aulus Gabinius]]
|headquarters = [[Alexandria]], [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]]
|locations = [[Egypt]]
|formed = 55 BCE
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|notable = [[Lucius Septimius]]<br>[[Venator]]<br>[[Livius]]
|related = [[Roman Republic]]<br>[[Order of the Ancients]]}}
The '''Gabiniani''' were a force of 2,000<ref name="Way of the Gabiniani">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Way of the Gabiniani]]</ref> Roman soldiers left by the general [[Aulus Gabinius]] in [[Egypt]] to reinforce the rule of [[Ptolemy XII Auletes]], the pharaoh whom they had restored in 55 BCE.<ref name="ACO guide">''[[Assassin's Creed Origins: Official Game Guide]]''</ref>

After the death of Ptolemy XII in 51 BCE, they supported his young son [[Ptolemy XIII]] in the [[Alexandrine Civil War|power struggle]] against his sister [[Cleopatra]]. Their commander, [[Lucius Septimius]], was a member of the [[Order of the Ancients]] and collaborated with others in the secret organization like the regent [[Pothinus]] to use the boy as their puppet for their brutal regime. The Gabiniani thus became an elite military arm of the Order, whose leader was the proconsul of [[Cyrenaica]], [[Flavius Metellus]].<ref name="ACO guide" />

In 48 BCE, with their hold over the country consolidated, they plotted an attempt on Cleopatra's life while she was based in [[Herakleion]]. Lucius sent his subordinate [[Venator]] to conduct the assassination, but word of it leaked to Cleopatra, and her guards were well prepared for their attack on her palace. Most of the assassins were felled by the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]], including Venator himself.<ref name="Way of the Gabiniani" /> 

This failure was followed by their successful murder of the Roman proconsul [[Pompey]] on the shores of Egypt; Septimius himself dealt the killing blow while the Gabinani fell upon the Romans on the beach.<ref name="ACO guide" /> The [[Roman Republic]] had been engulfed in a [[Caesar's civil war|civil war]] of its own between Pompey and [[Julius Caesar]], and the former had come to Egypt to secure an alliance with Cleopatra. In turn, Ptolemy XIII had been negotiating an alliance with Caesar and mistakenly believed that the death of Pompey would be able to convince him.<ref name="Aya: Blade of the Goddess">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref>

Instead, they suffered critical defeats the following year at the [[Siege of Alexandria]] and the [[Battle of the Nile]] because Caesar had decided to ally with Cleopatra. Both Pothinus and Ptolemy XIII met their demise, but the survival of Septimius was secured thanks to Flavius' recruitment of Caesar into the Order just prior to the battles.<ref name="The Battle of the Nile">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Battle of the Nile]]</ref> Seeing the value of the Gabiniani's allegiance, Caesar and Cleopatra offered them clemency, and this surprise reversal allowed them to retain their powerful position as the Pharaoh's guardsmen.<ref name="Way of the Gabiniani" /><ref name="Aya: Blade of the Goddess" /><ref name="The Battle of the Nile" />

By 44 BCE, the Gabiniani had returned to [[Rome]] with Caesar, but their fortunes would not last.<ref name="Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another]]</ref> Their services had come at the expense of the loyalty of Bayek and his wife, [[Aya]], to Cleopatra's regime.<ref name="The Aftermath">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Aftermath]]</ref> Relieved of their duties, the two viewed this as a betrayal,<ref name="The Aftermath" /> for the Order of Ancients were their sworn enemies who had been responsible for the death [[Khemu|their son]] and atrocities across Egypt.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> On 15 March, many of the Gabiniani, including Septimius himself, were slain by Aya at the [[Theatre of Pompey]] where they were acting as Caesar's escort in a meeting with the Senate. With their deaths, Caesar was left vulnerable to [[assassination of Julius Caesar|assassination]] at the hands of Aya and the many Roman senators who had joined the organization founded to counteract the Order, the [[Hidden Ones]].<ref name="Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''

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