Great Britain - Revision history

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	On 2 September 1666, a fire broke out in {{wiki\|Pudding Lane}}, later burning down 373 acres of [[London]]. King [[Charles II of England]] encouraged an evacuation to quell fears of a subsequent rebellion.<ref name="Pudding Lane">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – [[Database: Suspicious Fire in London]]</ref>		On 2 September 1666, a fire broke out in {{wiki\|Pudding Lane}}, later burning down 373 acres of [[London]]. King [[Charles II of England]] encouraged an evacuation to quell fears of a subsequent rebellion.<ref name="Pudding Lane">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – [[Database: Suspicious Fire in London]]</ref>

	The ~~{{Wiki\|~~Peace of Utrecht}} was signed by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]] in 1714, officially ending the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. This would go on to indirectly trigger the [[Golden Age of Piracy]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]].<ref name="Golden">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – [[Database: Before the Golden Age]]</ref>		The [[Peace of Utrecht]] was signed by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]] in 1714, officially ending the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. This would go on to indirectly trigger the [[Golden Age of Piracy]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]].<ref name="Golden">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – [[Database: Before the Golden Age]]</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{c\|as "Albion"}}		**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{c\|as "Albion"}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''
			*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''		*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''

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	'''Great Britain''', alternatively '''Albion''',<ref name="Order">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref> is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].		'''Great Britain''', alternatively '''Albion''',<ref name="Order">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref><ref name="TheGreatSwampWitches">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[The Great Swamp Witches]]</ref> is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].

	[[Celts\|Celtic]] peoples, including the ancestors of the [[Wales\|Welsh]], are indigenous to it. The [[Roman civilization\|Romans]] conquered most of the island through successive invasions from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE, building [[Hadrian's Wall]] to defend their northern boundary. The disintegration of the [[Roman Empire]] in the 5th century allowed a mass migration of Germanic peoples into the island which drove the Celts to its western and northern regions. Eventually, the [[Kingdom of England]] emerged as the premier power on the island from the coalescence of the [[Heptarchy\|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] while the [[Scotland\|Kingdom of Scotland]] formed at the northern end. To the west, surviving Celts established several petty kingdoms which developed into a common Welsh identity.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Great Britain}}</ref>		[[Celts\|Celtic]] peoples, including the ancestors of the [[Wales\|Welsh]], are indigenous to it. The [[Roman civilization\|Romans]] conquered most of the island through successive invasions from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE, building [[Hadrian's Wall]] to defend their northern boundary. The disintegration of the [[Roman Empire]] in the 5th century allowed a mass migration of Germanic peoples into the island which drove the Celts to its western and northern regions. Eventually, the [[Kingdom of England]] emerged as the premier power on the island from the coalescence of the [[Heptarchy\|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] while the [[Scotland\|Kingdom of Scotland]] formed at the northern end. To the west, surviving Celts established several petty kingdoms which developed into a common Welsh identity.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Great Britain}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	===Roman Empire===		===Roman Empire===
	Prior to the [[Roman Empire\|Roman invasion]], Great Britain was ruled by King [[Lud]] around 66 BCE.<ref name="Lud">''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Ludgate Circus]]</ref>		Prior to the [[Roman Empire\|Roman invasion]], Great Britain was ruled by King [[Lud]] around 66 BCE.<ref name="Lud">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Ludgate Circus]]</ref>

	Emperor [[Claudius]] invaded Britain in 43 CE.<ref name="Roman Britain">{{WP\|Roman Britain}}</ref> The rapid expansion of the Roman Empire led the [[Hidden Ones]] to establish [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] across Britain.<ref name="Hiddenones">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref> These were located in what later became [[London]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Essex]], [[Winchester]], [[York]], [[Leicester]] and [[Colchester]].<ref name="Brief">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brief History of the Hidden Ones]]</ref>		Emperor [[Claudius]] invaded Britain in 43 CE.<ref name="Roman Britain">{{WP\|Roman Britain}}</ref> The rapid expansion of the Roman Empire led the [[Hidden Ones]] to establish [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] across Britain.<ref name="Hiddenones">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref> These were located in what later became [[London]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Essex]], [[Winchester]], [[York]], [[Leicester]] and [[Colchester]].<ref name="Brief">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brief History of the Hidden Ones]]</ref>

	Queen [[Boudicca]] of the {{Wiki\|Iceni}} led a revolt against the Romans, burning down the city of Londonium.<ref name="Smash">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Smashing the Compass]]</ref> Four decades after her death the Romans remained unyielding to Iceni demands for reform, leading Hidden One [[Anicius]] to assassinate governor [[Verus]].<ref name="Brief"/>		Queen [[Boudicca]] of the {{Wiki\|Iceni}} led a revolt against the Romans, burning down the city of Londonium.<ref name="Smash">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Smashing the Compass]]</ref> Four decades after her death the Romans remained unyielding to Iceni demands for reform, leading Hidden One [[Anicius]] to assassinate governor [[Verus]].<ref name="Brief"/>
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
			**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{c\|as "Albion"}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''
	*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''		*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''
	*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''		*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''

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Appearances

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
			*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''
	*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''		*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''

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	'''Great Britain''' is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].		'''Great Britain''', alternatively '''Albion''',<ref name="Order">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref> is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].

	[[Celts\|Celtic]] peoples, including the ancestors of the [[Wales\|Welsh]], are indigenous to it. The [[Roman civilization\|Romans]] conquered most of the island through successive invasions from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE, building [[Hadrian's Wall]] to defend their northern boundary. The disintegration of the [[Roman Empire]] in the 5th century allowed a mass migration of Germanic peoples into the island which drove the Celts to its western and northern regions. Eventually, the [[Kingdom of England]] emerged as the premier power on the island from the coalescence of the [[Heptarchy\|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] while the [[Scotland\|Kingdom of Scotland]] formed at the northern end. To the west, surviving Celts established several petty kingdoms which developed into a common Welsh identity.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Great Britain}}</ref>		[[Celts\|Celtic]] peoples, including the ancestors of the [[Wales\|Welsh]], are indigenous to it. The [[Roman civilization\|Romans]] conquered most of the island through successive invasions from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE, building [[Hadrian's Wall]] to defend their northern boundary. The disintegration of the [[Roman Empire]] in the 5th century allowed a mass migration of Germanic peoples into the island which drove the Celts to its western and northern regions. Eventually, the [[Kingdom of England]] emerged as the premier power on the island from the coalescence of the [[Heptarchy\|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] while the [[Scotland\|Kingdom of Scotland]] formed at the northern end. To the west, surviving Celts established several petty kingdoms which developed into a common Welsh identity.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Great Britain}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	===Roman Empire===		===Roman Empire===
	Prior to the [[Roman Empire\|Roman invasion]], Great Britain was ruled by King [[Lud]] around 66 BCE.<ref name="Lud">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Ludgate Circus]]</ref>		Prior to the [[Roman Empire\|Roman invasion]], Great Britain was ruled by King [[Lud]] around 66 BCE.<ref name="Lud">''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Ludgate Circus]]</ref>

	Emperor [[Claudius]] invaded Britain in 43 CE.<ref name="Roman Britain">{{WP\|Roman Britain}}</ref> The rapid expansion of the Roman Empire led the [[Hidden Ones]] to establish [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] across Britain.<ref name="Hiddenones">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref> These were located in what later became [[London]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Essex]], [[Winchester]], [[York]], [[Leicester]] and [[Colchester]].<ref name="Brief">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brief History of the Hidden Ones]]</ref>		Emperor [[Claudius]] invaded Britain in 43 CE.<ref name="Roman Britain">{{WP\|Roman Britain}}</ref> The rapid expansion of the Roman Empire led the [[Hidden Ones]] to establish [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] across Britain.<ref name="Hiddenones">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref> These were located in what later became [[London]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Essex]], [[Winchester]], [[York]], [[Leicester]] and [[Colchester]].<ref name="Brief">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brief History of the Hidden Ones]]</ref>

	Queen [[Boudicca]] of the {{Wiki\|Iceni}} led a revolt against the Romans, burning down the city of Londonium.<ref name="Smash">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Smashing the Compass]]</ref> Four decades after her death the Romans remained unyielding to Iceni demands for reform, leading Hidden One [[Anicius]] to assassinate governor [[Verus]].<ref name="Brief"/>		Queen [[Boudicca]] of the {{Wiki\|Iceni}} led a revolt against the Romans, burning down the city of Londonium.<ref name="Smash">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Smashing the Compass]]</ref> Four decades after her death the Romans remained unyielding to Iceni demands for reform, leading Hidden One [[Anicius]] to assassinate governor [[Verus]].<ref name="Brief"/>
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	[[Category:Islands]]		[[Category:Islands]]
	[[Category:Europe]]		[[Category:Europe]]

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	'''Great Britain''' is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].		'''Great Britain''' is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].

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	'''Great Britain''' is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].		'''Great Britain''' is an island in the [[British Isles]] which comprises most of the sovereign state of the [[United Kingdom]].

	Celtic peoples, including the ancestors of the [[Wales\|Welsh]], are indigenous to it. The [[Roman civilization\|Romans]] conquered most of the island through successive invasions from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE, building [[Hadrian's Wall]] to defend their northern boundary. The disintegration of the [[Roman Empire]] in the 5th century allowed a mass migration of Germanic peoples into the island which drove the Celts to its western and northern regions. Eventually, the [[Kingdom of England]] emerged as the premier power on the island from the coalescence of the [[Heptarchy\|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] while the [[Scotland\|Kingdom of Scotland]] formed at the northern end. To the west, surviving Celts established several petty kingdoms which developed into a common Welsh identity.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Great Britain}}</ref>		[[Celts\|Celtic]] peoples, including the ancestors of the [[Wales\|Welsh]], are indigenous to it. The [[Roman civilization\|Romans]] conquered most of the island through successive invasions from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE, building [[Hadrian's Wall]] to defend their northern boundary. The disintegration of the [[Roman Empire]] in the 5th century allowed a mass migration of Germanic peoples into the island which drove the Celts to its western and northern regions. Eventually, the [[Kingdom of England]] emerged as the premier power on the island from the coalescence of the [[Heptarchy\|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] while the [[Scotland\|Kingdom of Scotland]] formed at the northern end. To the west, surviving Celts established several petty kingdoms which developed into a common Welsh identity.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Great Britain}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''
			*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''

	==References==		==References==

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	Around 122 CE,<ref name="Hadrian1">{{WP\|Hadrian's Wall}}</ref> Emperor [[Hadrian]] constructed [[Hadrian's Wall]] to keep out northern tribes from [[Scotland]].<ref name="Hadrian2">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: Hadrian's Wall]]</ref> Hadrian would travel to Britannia to make war on the Britons and [[Picts]], leading the [[Londinium bureau]] to dispatch [[Caius (Hidden One)\|Caius]] to poison the Emperor. However, the Hidden One was discovered and killed.<ref name="Brief"/>		Around 122 CE,<ref name="Hadrian1">{{WP\|Hadrian's Wall}}</ref> Emperor [[Hadrian]] constructed [[Hadrian's Wall]] to keep out northern tribes from [[Scotland]].<ref name="Hadrian2">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: Hadrian's Wall]]</ref> Hadrian would travel to Britannia to make war on the Britons and [[Picts]], leading the [[Londinium bureau]] to dispatch [[Caius (Hidden One)\|Caius]] to poison the Emperor. However, the Hidden One was discovered and killed.<ref name="Brief"/>

	The last Romans would withdraw from the island in 407, leading the tribes of Britain to begin fighting amongst themselves for land and wealth.<ref name="turgid">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[~~User:Kennyannydenny/Valhalla_notes~~#Turgid Text\|Valhalla notes: "Turgid Text"]]</ref>		The last Romans would withdraw from the island in 407, leading the tribes of Britain to begin fighting amongst themselves for land and wealth.<ref name="turgid">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Viking Expansion notes#Turgid Text\|Valhalla notes: "Turgid Text"]]</ref>

	===Early Middle Ages===		===Early Middle Ages===
	The [[Anglo-Saxons\|Saxon]] armies of [[Cerdic of Wessex]] and [[Cynric]] defeated and killed the Briton King [[Natanleod]], leading to the formation of the [[Wessex\|Kingdom of Wessex]] in the south of the island in 519.<ref name="Wessex">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: Wessex]]</ref><ref name="bloody">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[~~User:Kennyannydenny/Valhalla_notes~~#Bloody_History\|Valhalla notes: "Bloody History"]]</ref>		The [[Anglo-Saxons\|Saxon]] armies of [[Cerdic of Wessex]] and [[Cynric]] defeated and killed the Briton King [[Natanleod]], leading to the formation of the [[Wessex\|Kingdom of Wessex]] in the south of the island in 519.<ref name="Wessex">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: Wessex]]</ref><ref name="bloody">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Viking Expansion notes#Bloody_History\|Valhalla notes: "Bloody History"]]</ref>

	===Early Modern period===		===Early Modern period===