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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	Romani Camp.jpg\|Concept art of the Romani headquarters		Romani Camp.jpg\|Concept art of the Romani headquarters
	ACR Romani.png\|A group of Romani		ACR Romani.png\|A group of Romani

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	As prostitution was not accepted in [[Ottoman Empire\|Ottoman]] society, the Romani replaced [[courtesan]]s in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', and so could gain the ability to poison guards as courtesans did through the completion of [[Guild challenges (Revelations)\|guild challenges]].		As prostitution was not accepted in [[Ottoman Empire\|Ottoman]] society, the Romani replaced [[courtesan]]s in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', and so could gain the ability to poison guards as courtesans did through the completion of [[Guild challenges (Revelations)\|guild challenges]].

			While the Romani are visibly shown carrying [[Short blade\|short blades]] (specifically the [[Macedonian Dagger]]) sheathed at their sides, they will never draw the weapon, due to fleeing whenever combat occurs.

	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

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	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.

	Romani, along with other ethnically-related nomadic societies such as the Lom in the Caucasus and the Dom in the Middle East and North Africa, originate from the region of Rajasthan in north-western India. The ancestors of the Romani are considered to have first left the region during the 11th century. Their first appearance in western sources was in the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Christian pilgrims stopping in the [[Venice\|Venetian]] colony of ~~{{Wiki\|~~Methoni~~, Messenia~~\|Modon}} in [[Greece]] reportedly met and traded with a foreign people living in encampments outside the city, whom they believed to be "Egyptians".		Romani, along with other ethnically-related nomadic societies such as the Lom in the Caucasus and the Dom in the Middle East and North Africa, originate from the region of Rajasthan in north-western India. The ancestors of the Romani are considered to have first left the region during the 11th century. Their first appearance in western sources was in the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Christian pilgrims stopping in the [[Venice\|Venetian]] colony of [[Methoni\|Modon]] in [[Greece]] reportedly met and traded with a foreign people living in encampments outside the city, whom they believed to be "Egyptians".

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

	Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to the inhabitants of a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.<ref name="Soulis">Soulis, George C. "The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages." {{Wiki\|Dumbarton Oaks Papers}} 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.</ref>		Roma in the Byzantine Empire, and later Greek-speaking regions were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to the inhabitants of a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.<ref name="Soulis">Soulis, George C. "The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages." {{Wiki\|Dumbarton Oaks Papers}} 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.</ref>

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.

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	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

	Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.<ref name="Soulis">Soulis, George C. "The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages." {{Wiki\|Dumbarton Oaks Papers}} 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.</ref>		Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to the inhabitants of a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.<ref name="Soulis">Soulis, George C. "The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages." {{Wiki\|Dumbarton Oaks Papers}} 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.</ref>

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.

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	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

	Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.{{~~Cite~~\|~~Soulis p154~~}}		Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.<ref name="Soulis">Soulis, George C. "The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages." {{Wiki\|Dumbarton Oaks Papers}} 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.</ref>

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.
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	~~Soulis, George C. “The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.~~

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	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

	Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.{{Cite\|~~25 Apr 2022. Where?~~}}		Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.{{Cite\|Soulis p154}}

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.
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			Soulis, George C. “The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the Late Middle Ages.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 15 (1961): 141–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/1291178.

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	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

	Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.		Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.{{Cite\|25 Apr 2022. Where?}}

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.

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	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

	Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "Athíganoi" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.		Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "''Athíganoi''" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.

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	As prostitution was not accepted in [[Ottoman Empire\|Ottoman]] society, the Romani replaced [[courtesan]]s in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', and so could gain the ability to poison guards as courtesans did through the completion of [[Guild challenges (Revelations)\|guild challenges]].		As prostitution was not accepted in [[Ottoman Empire\|Ottoman]] society, the Romani replaced [[courtesan]]s in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', and so could gain the ability to poison guards as courtesans did through the completion of [[Guild challenges (Revelations)\|guild challenges]].

	Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism~~, while~~ the ~~demonym did not exist before~~ the ~~20th~~ century.		Despite appearing in ''Revelations'', Roma wagons and the word "Romani" are anachronisms, as the wagons were not common until the 19th century, making their presence an anachronism.

			Roma in the Byzantine Empire were referred to as "Athíganoi" a name derived from a 9th century heretical sect. How the two came to be associated is unknown. It is uncertain what Roma in 16th century Constantinople would have called themselves, but a 14th century account refers to a Romani settlement outside of Modon (Methoni) as ''Romniti''.

	Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.		Though more or less free in Ottoman society, contemporary Romani living in [[Hungary]], Moldovia and even in the sometime Ottoman vassal principality of [[Wallachia]], were hereditary [[Slavery\|slaves]] of the church and the nobility until the emancipation of the Roma in the mid-19th century.