''' Metal Cestus''' is an upgrade to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]'s [[fists]] weapon slot. It can be purchased from any blacksmith. When equipped, It will boost the damage for fists to 3. It will be automatically equipped when purchased, and cannot be unequipped. The Metal Cestus upgrade will give you a slight advantage towards Beat Up events, and missions that involve unarmed fighting.[[File:Fistsac2.png|thumb]]
[[File:AC2 Metal Cestus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Metal Cestus as it appears in ''Assassin's Creed II''.]]
The '''Metal Cestus''' is an upgrade to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]'s [[fists]] weapon slot. It can be purchased from any [[blacksmith]]. When equipped, It will boost the damage of fists to 3. It will be automatically equipped when purchased, and cannot be unequipped. The Metal Cestus upgrade will give you a slight advantage towards [[Beat Up]] events, and missions that involve unarmed fighting. A good moment to use the Metal Cestus is on the last level against [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. You can only use fists, but you can keep your Metal Cestus.
[[File:AC2_Metal_Cestus.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Metal Cestus as it appears in Assassin's Creed 2.]]
A good moment to use the Metal Cestus is on the last level against (SPOILER) [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. You can only use fists but you can keep your cestus.
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==Cestus Lore==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boxer_of_quirinal_hands.jpg ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boxer_of_quirinal_hands.jpg ]Cestus on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_of_Quirinal Boxer of Quirinal].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cestus_(PSF).jpg ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cestus_(PSF).jpg ]Cestus.A '''cestus''' (plural cesti) is an ancient battle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glove glove], sometimes used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankration pankration]. In effect, it is the classical world's equivalent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_knuckles brass knuckles].
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin Latin] word ''caestus'' (plural: ''caestūs'') <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestus#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> is derived from verb ''caedere'', meaning "to strike". It is unrelated to the similar noun ''cestus'' (plural: ''cestī''), that refers to a kind of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_(clothing) belt] worn by women in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestus#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup>
The first version of a battle cestus was a series of leather thongs that were tied over the hand. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greeks] used them in their hand-to-hand competitions, where only [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_out knock out] mattered. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Romans] modified the construction by adding metal parts, including spikes, studs, and iron plates. Variants of this weapon include the ''myrmex'' or "limb-piercer", and the originally Greek ''sphairai'', thin leather thongs with cutting blades.
Caestūs were frequently used in Roman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator gladiatorial] bouts, where otherwise unarmed combatants - mostly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery slaves] - fought to the death. This form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing boxing] became increasingly bloody until the cestus was officially banned in the first century BC. Hand-to-hand fighting was banned in AD [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/393 393]. The most famous depiction of the cestus in sculpture is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_of_Quirinal The Boxer of Quirinal], in Rome. The sitting figure is wearing cesti on his hands.
The Metal Cestus is an upgrade to Ezio's fists weapon slot. It can be purchased from any blacksmith. When equipped, It will boost the damage of fists to 3. It will be automatically equipped when purchased, and cannot be unequipped. The Metal Cestus upgrade will give you a slight advantage towards Beat Up events, and missions that involve unarmed fighting. A good moment to use the Metal Cestus is on the last level against Rodrigo Borgia. You can only use fists, but you can keep your Metal Cestus.
