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'''Forlì''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] city located in the region of [[Romagna]] and the capital of the province of {{Wiki|Province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena}}. During the [[Renaissance]], it was the site of an eponymous battle, the [[Battle of Forlì]]. | '''Forlì''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] city located in the region of [[Romagna]] and the capital of the province of {{Wiki|Province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena}}. During the [[Renaissance]], it was the site of an eponymous battle, the [[Battle of Forlì]]. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Early development=== | ===Early development=== | ||
Forlì | Forlì's immediate surroundings contain evidence of early [[human]] habitation in the form of [[flint]] {{Wiki|knapping}} fragments from the nearby Ca' Belvedere di {{Wiki|Monte Poggiolo}} that date to around 798,000 BCE in the {{Wiki|Paleolithic}} era,<ref>Peretto, Carlo (January/February 2006). "The first peopling of southern Europe: the Italian case", ''Comptes Rendus Palevol'', '''5'''(1–2). [[Paris]], {{Wiki|National Museum of Natural History, France|National Museum of Natural History}}. pg. 283–290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2005.11.006. Retrieved 14 August 2025.</ref> though this is hardly evidence of the later industrial city being properly "founded" as the [[Assassins|Assassin]] historian [[Shaun Hastings]] once sarcastically commented.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Forlì (Assassin's Creed II)|Database: Forlì]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]] – [[Forlì – A Crimson Sunset]]'' – [[Database: Forlì (Identity)|Database: Forlì]]</ref> | ||
After the Roman rule, it went from {{Wiki|Lombards|Lombard}} hands into | Forlì's name is derived from the [[Rome|Romans]], who built the city named "''Forum Livii''" in 188 BCE along the ''{{Wiki|Via Aemilia}}'', one of several roads they laid after pacifying the local {{Wiki|Gauls}} as part of the regular {{Wiki|Roman–Gallic wars}}. After the [[Roman Republic|Roman rule]], it went from {{Wiki|Lombards|Lombard}} hands into [[church]] control. It became an independent republic in 889, infuriating the [[Vatican]], which spent the next 400 years trying to regain control over the city.<ref name="Database" /> | ||
===Middle Ages and early Renaissance=== | ===Middle Ages and early Renaissance=== | ||
Along with | Along with Rome's constant machinations, Forlì faced a steady stream of Goth, [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]], Lombard, and Frank marauders for the next few centuries. In addition, it faced annual flooding, which was finally brought under control by diverting nearby rivers away from the city center in 1050.<ref name="Database" /> | ||
Forlì became a military dictatorship at the end of the 13th century and power was then was passed to the Ordelaffi family. In 1480, with the Ordelaffi fighting amongst themselves over the chain of succession, [[ | Forlì became a military dictatorship at the end of the 13th century and power was then was passed to the Ordelaffi family. In 1480, with the Ordelaffi fighting amongst themselves over the chain of succession, [[Papacy|Pope]] [[Sixtus IV]] stepped in and gave the city to his nephew, [[Girolamo Riario]].<ref name="Database" /> In 1481, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] visited Forlì while ''en route'' to [[Venice]] with [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. During the visit, Ezio rescued the countess [[Caterina Sforza]], Riario's wife, from a small island<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Tutti a Bordo]]</ref> where Riario had intentionally stranded her.<ref name="Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> | ||
In 1481, the [[ | |||
===Battle of Forlì=== | ===Battle of Forlì=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Forlì}} | {{Main|Battle of Forlì}} | ||
[[File:Godfather 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Checco and Ludovico threatening Ezio and Caterina]] | [[File:Godfather 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Checco and Ludovico threatening Ezio and Caterina]] | ||
In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]], to assassinate Riario. At the time, Riario had joined the [[Templars]] and had been developing a map | In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]], to [[Assassination|assassinate]] Riario. At the time, Riario had joined the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Italian Templars]] and had been developing a map of the fabled scattered [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]] pages' purported locations.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Battle of Forlì]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome]]</ref> | ||
Later, in July 1488, Ezio returned to Forlì along with [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], intending to make the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] | Later, in July 1488, Ezio returned to Forlì along with [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], intending to make the city's castle [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] a haven for the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple of Eden]] he had obtained from [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. However, before the Apple could be secured, the Orsi brothers, working on behalf of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], seized not only Forlì,<ref name="A Warm Welcome" /> but also Caterina's two young children, [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] and [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]]. The Orsi brothers held them as hostages, intending to trade the children for the Apple.<ref name="Godfather">''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Battle of Forlì'' – [[Godfather]]</ref> | ||
During the battle, Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and slay Ludovico Orsi easily | During the battle, Caterina was forced to order the [[cannon]]s to fire at Orsi forces inside the town walls. As a result, parts of the city were destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> Meanwhile, Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and slay Ludovico Orsi easily<ref name="Godfather" /> but was badly wounded while retrieving the Apple, after being stabbed by a dagger wielded by Checco Orsi. Despite his injuries, Ezio was able to kill Checco as well,<ref name="Checcomate">''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Battle of Forlì'' – [[Checcomate]]</ref> but later succumbed and fainted on the roadside. In the confusion that ensued, a black-robed [[monk]] stole the Apple still clutched in Ezio's hand.<ref name="Checcomate" /> | ||
[[File:Checcomate 6.png|thumb|250px|Caterina treating an injured Ezio]] | [[File:Checcomate 6.png|thumb|250px|Caterina treating an injured Ezio]] | ||
Following the battle, Caterina nursed Ezio back to health at the [[Palazzo Comunale (Forlì)|Palazzo Communale]].<ref name="Checcomate" /> Ezio learned from [[Darby O'Callahan]] and the monks of the [[Abbey of San Mercuriale]] that the thief was a Dominican friar by the name of [[Girolamo Savonarola]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Battle of Forlì'' – [[Far From the Tree]]</ref> whom Ezio eventually [[Bonfire of the Vanities|tracked down and killed]] in [[Florence]], thus once again obtaining the Apple.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' – [[Mob Justice]]</ref> | Following the battle, Caterina nursed Ezio back to health at the [[Palazzo Comunale (Forlì)|Palazzo Communale]].<ref name="Checcomate" /> Ezio learned from [[Darby O'Callahan]] and the monks of the [[Abbey of San Mercuriale]] that the [[thief]] was a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar by the name of [[Girolamo Savonarola]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Battle of Forlì'' – [[Far From the Tree]]</ref> whom Ezio eventually [[Bonfire of the Vanities|tracked down and killed]] in [[Florence]], thus once again obtaining the Apple.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' – [[Mob Justice]]</ref> | ||
After | After the battle, Forlì fell solely in the hands of Caterina, who fought to prevent the Vatican from re-taking control.<ref name="DatabaseCaterina">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Database: Caterina Sforza (Assassin's Creed II)|Database: Caterina Sforza]]</ref> Ultimately, however, [[Cesare Borgia]] conquered Forli by taking the wider Romagna region,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[New Man in Town]]</ref> and had Caterina captured during the [[siege of Monteriggioni]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Vilified]]</ref> and brought to the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] in Rome as a prisoner.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Castello Crasher]]</ref> With Ezio's help,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Femme Fatale]]</ref> the Countess escaped confinement,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[The Burdens We Carry]]</ref> but she was exiled to [[Florence]], where she died of pneumonia within the decade.<ref name="DatabaseCaterina"/> With Cesare having taken the land for the [[Papacy]], his death in 1507 during his [[Siege of Viana|siege]] of the [[Spain|Spanish]] town [[Viana]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Pax Romana]]</ref> meant that Forlì returned to Church possession despite Ottaviano's attempts to reclaim it from Pope [[Julius II]].<ref>{{WP|Ottaviano Riario}}</ref> | ||
===Modern times=== | ===Modern times=== | ||
In 2012, Forlì | In 2012, [[Abstergo Industries]] used Forlì as a simulated training location during the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|first]] stage of their [[Animi Training Program]]. The simulation depicted the Abbazia di San Mercuriale and the surrounding area, which contained mostly housing, some of it in poor state, as well as plenty of market stalls. Forlì's streets were mostly spacious and long, with little alleyways connecting the more open areas, of which one was dedicated to the keeping of [[horse]]s, with several [[stable]]s present, as well as [[Hiding spots|haystacks]] and watering troughs. Due to the low tide, the city drains were empty of water, turning one of the city's wells into a possible escape route. Forlì was not programmed to have aesthetic variations. As a result, it could only be used during the day.<ref name="Multiplayer">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Multiplayer/ACBH|Multiplayer]]</ref> | ||
The simulation depicted the Abbazia di San Mercuriale and the surrounding area, which contained mostly housing, some of it in poor state, as well as plenty of market stalls. Forlì's streets were mostly spacious and long, with little alleyways connecting the more open areas, of which one was dedicated to the keeping of | |||
Forlì was not programmed to have aesthetic variations. As a result, it could only be used during the day.<ref name="Multiplayer" /> | |||
In 2016, | In 2016, Abstergo's subsidiary [[Abstergo Entertainment]] reused Forlì as a simulated location for their [[Identity Project]]. Like most of the simulated locations in the Project, Forlì had two aesthetic variations, and as such, could be utilized during a siege or at dusk.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' – [[Contracts (Identity Project)|Contracts]]</ref> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', Forlì is depicted as being directly on the coastline. In reality, it is several kilometers away from any large bodies of water. Forlì also serves as the main setting of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''{{'}}s [[Assassin's Creed: Identity downloadable content|downloadable]] expansion ''[[Forlì – A Crimson Sunset]]'', which depicts an alternate version of the Battle of Forlì. However, since this version of the conflict is set after the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]] and is drastically different from the one seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'', it is considered non-canon. | |||
In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', Forlì is depicted as being directly on the coastline. In reality, it is several | |||
Forlì serves as the main setting of | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Forli - multiplayer.jpg|A simulation of Forlì | Forli - multiplayer.jpg|A simulation of Forlì | ||
z_9e84395f.jpg|An aerial view of the Forlì map used in the Animi Training Program, with [[chase breakers]] marked | z_9e84395f.jpg|An aerial view of the Forlì map used in the Animi Training Program, with [[chase breakers]] marked | ||
Scan0007-1.jpg|Map of Forlì in '' | Scan0007-1.jpg|Map of Forlì in ''Assassin's Creed II'' | ||
Hidden gun in multiplayer.jpg|The [[Prowler]] shooting the [[Barber]] from afar with the [[Hidden Gun]] | Hidden gun in multiplayer.jpg|The [[Prowler]] shooting the [[Barber]] from afar with the [[Hidden Gun]] | ||
Multiplayer New 2.jpg|The [[Captain]], having thrown down a [[Bombs#Smoke bombs|smoke bomb]], attempts to escape the [[Harlequin]] | Multiplayer New 2.jpg|The [[Captain]], having thrown down a [[Bombs#Smoke bombs|smoke bomb]], attempts to escape the [[Harlequin]] | ||
ACII DB Forlì.png| | ACII DB Forlì.png|Database image of Forlì in ''Assassin's Creed II'' | ||
An Unexpected Summon.png| | An Unexpected Summon.png|Database image of Forlì in ''Identity'' | ||
The Nest of the Bird.png|Concept art of an Assassin in Forlì | The Nest of the Bird.png|Concept art of an Assassin in Forlì | ||
A Grey Sky.png|Concept art of the Battle of Forlì | A Grey Sky.png|Concept art of the Battle of Forlì | ||
Revision as of 02:25, 15 August 2025
Forlì is an Italian city located in the region of Romagna and the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. During the Renaissance, it was the site of an eponymous battle, the Battle of Forlì.
History
Early development
Forlì's immediate surroundings contain evidence of early human habitation in the form of flint knapping fragments from the nearby Ca' Belvedere di Monte Poggiolo that date to around 798,000 BCE in the Paleolithic era,[1] though this is hardly evidence of the later industrial city being properly "founded" as the Assassin historian Shaun Hastings once sarcastically commented.[2][3]
Forlì's name is derived from the Romans, who built the city named "Forum Livii" in 188 BCE along the Via Aemilia, one of several roads they laid after pacifying the local Gauls as part of the regular Roman–Gallic wars. After the Roman rule, it went from Lombard hands into church control. It became an independent republic in 889, infuriating the Vatican, which spent the next 400 years trying to regain control over the city.[2]
Middle Ages and early Renaissance
Along with Rome's constant machinations, Forlì faced a steady stream of Goth, Byzantine, Lombard, and Frank marauders for the next few centuries. In addition, it faced annual flooding, which was finally brought under control by diverting nearby rivers away from the city center in 1050.[2]
Forlì became a military dictatorship at the end of the 13th century and power was then was passed to the Ordelaffi family. In 1480, with the Ordelaffi fighting amongst themselves over the chain of succession, Pope Sixtus IV stepped in and gave the city to his nephew, Girolamo Riario.[2] In 1481, the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore visited Forlì while en route to Venice with Leonardo da Vinci. During the visit, Ezio rescued the countess Caterina Sforza, Riario's wife, from a small island[4] where Riario had intentionally stranded her.[5]
Battle of Forlì
- Main article: Battle of Forlì

In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, Checco and Ludovico, to assassinate Riario. At the time, Riario had joined the Italian Templars and had been developing a map of the fabled scattered Codex pages' purported locations.[6]
Later, in July 1488, Ezio returned to Forlì along with Niccolò Machiavelli, intending to make the city's castle Rocca di Ravaldino a haven for the Apple of Eden he had obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. However, before the Apple could be secured, the Orsi brothers, working on behalf of the Borgia, seized not only Forlì,[6] but also Caterina's two young children, Bianca and Ottaviano. The Orsi brothers held them as hostages, intending to trade the children for the Apple.[7]
During the battle, Caterina was forced to order the cannons to fire at Orsi forces inside the town walls. As a result, parts of the city were destroyed.[8] Meanwhile, Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and slay Ludovico Orsi easily[7] but was badly wounded while retrieving the Apple, after being stabbed by a dagger wielded by Checco Orsi. Despite his injuries, Ezio was able to kill Checco as well,[9] but later succumbed and fainted on the roadside. In the confusion that ensued, a black-robed monk stole the Apple still clutched in Ezio's hand.[9]

Following the battle, Caterina nursed Ezio back to health at the Palazzo Communale.[9] Ezio learned from Darby O'Callahan and the monks of the Abbey of San Mercuriale that the thief was a Dominican friar by the name of Girolamo Savonarola,[10] whom Ezio eventually tracked down and killed in Florence, thus once again obtaining the Apple.[11]
After the battle, Forlì fell solely in the hands of Caterina, who fought to prevent the Vatican from re-taking control.[12] Ultimately, however, Cesare Borgia conquered Forli by taking the wider Romagna region,[13] and had Caterina captured during the siege of Monteriggioni[14] and brought to the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome as a prisoner.[15] With Ezio's help,[16] the Countess escaped confinement,[17] but she was exiled to Florence, where she died of pneumonia within the decade.[12] With Cesare having taken the land for the Papacy, his death in 1507 during his siege of the Spanish town Viana[18] meant that Forlì returned to Church possession despite Ottaviano's attempts to reclaim it from Pope Julius II.[19]
Modern times
In 2012, Abstergo Industries used Forlì as a simulated training location during the first stage of their Animi Training Program. The simulation depicted the Abbazia di San Mercuriale and the surrounding area, which contained mostly housing, some of it in poor state, as well as plenty of market stalls. Forlì's streets were mostly spacious and long, with little alleyways connecting the more open areas, of which one was dedicated to the keeping of horses, with several stables present, as well as haystacks and watering troughs. Due to the low tide, the city drains were empty of water, turning one of the city's wells into a possible escape route. Forlì was not programmed to have aesthetic variations. As a result, it could only be used during the day.[20]
In 2016, Abstergo's subsidiary Abstergo Entertainment reused Forlì as a simulated location for their Identity Project. Like most of the simulated locations in the Project, Forlì had two aesthetic variations, and as such, could be utilized during a siege or at dusk.[21]
Behind the scenes
In Assassin's Creed II, Forlì is depicted as being directly on the coastline. In reality, it is several kilometers away from any large bodies of water. Forlì also serves as the main setting of Assassin's Creed: Identity's downloadable expansion Forlì – A Crimson Sunset, which depicts an alternate version of the Battle of Forlì. However, since this version of the conflict is set after the Siege of Monteriggioni and is drastically different from the one seen in Assassin's Creed II, it is considered non-canon.
Gallery
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Concept art of Forlì
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Concept art of Forlì
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Concept art of Forlì
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Concept art of Forlì
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Concept art of Forlì
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Forlì's outer walls
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Forlì being invaded by enemy troops
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A simulation of Forlì
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An aerial view of the Forlì map used in the Animi Training Program, with chase breakers marked
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Map of Forlì in Assassin's Creed II
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Database image of Forlì in Assassin's Creed II
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Database image of Forlì in Identity
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Concept art of an Assassin in Forlì
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Concept art of the Battle of Forlì
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Identity — Forlì - A Crimson Sunset (non-canon)
References
- ↑ Peretto, Carlo (January/February 2006). "The first peopling of southern Europe: the Italian case", Comptes Rendus Palevol, 5(1–2). Paris, National Museum of Natural History. pg. 283–290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2005.11.006. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Forlì
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Identity – Forlì – A Crimson Sunset – Database: Forlì
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Tutti a Bordo
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – A Warm Welcome
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – Godfather
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – Checcomate
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – Far From the Tree
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Bonfire of the Vanities – Mob Justice
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Caterina Sforza
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – New Man in Town
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Vilified
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Castello Crasher
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Femme Fatale
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – The Burdens We Carry
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Pax Romana
- ↑
Ottaviano Riario on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Multiplayer
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Identity – Contracts
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