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| {{Quote|Ezio Auditore. Brave of you to stand alone against me, but also quite foolish…|Cesare Borgia, 1503.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}} | | {{Quote|Ezio Auditore. Brave of you to stand alone against me, but also quite foolish…|Cesare Borgia, 1503.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}} |
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| '''Cesare Borgia''' (13 September 1475 - 12 March 1507) was the son of [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and the arch-nemesis of [[Master Assassin]] Ezio Auditore. Like his father, he was a [[Templar]]. Eventually, he became the commander of the Papal army and a leader in the Templar Order.
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Early life===
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| Cesare Borgia was born in [[Rome]] in 1475, to Rodrigo Borgia, the [[Grand Master of the Knights Templar]].
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| ===As a Templar===
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| In 1496, when his father waged war with the Orsini Family to seize their territory, Cesare joined the battle. Among the enemy's ranks was [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], in secret an [[Assassin]]. When Bartolomeo's resources were down to three fortresses, Cesare cut off his supplies. When it looked like victory was near, [[Carlo Orsini]] arrived with his army and joined Bartolomeo, even wounding Cesare in the face<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>.
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| ===Siege of Monteriggioni===
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| {{Quote|I know you're there [[Ezio]]! The Pope told me about you and your little group of [[Assassins]]! |Cesare Borgia to [[Ezio Auditore]], 1499.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
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| In 1499, Cesare, who had been brought up in the Templar ways, lead an assault on [[Monteriggioni]], headquarters of the [[Assassins]] in Italy in order to eliminate the [[Master Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. Besieging the city, Cesare's forces overwhelmed the city's defenders and handed to him Mario Auditore. Standing at the city gates, the [[The First Apple|Apple of Eden]] in his hand, Cesare 'invited' Ezio to come to Rome with a shot of his firearm; the shot killed Mario. The Apple in hand, Cesare returned to Rome<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - E3 gameplay demo">''[http://e3.g4tv.com/videos/46470/Ubisoft-E3-2010-Assassins-Creed-Brotherhood-Demo/ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - E3 gameplay demo]''</ref>.
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| ===Rome===
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| Four years later, in 1503, Cesare and his father paraded through Rome when they were ambushed by Ezio Auditore and his apprenticed Assassins<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood E3 trailer">''[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-assassins-creed/101249 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood E3 trailer]''</ref>.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Historically, it is said that [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], an Assassin, greatly admired Cesare.
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| *Cesare Borgia briefly employed [[Leonardo da Vinci]] as military architect and engineer between 1502 and 1503. Cesare and Leonardo became intimate instantaneously — Cesare provided Leonardo with an unlimited pass to inspect and direct all planned and undergoing construction in his domain. After Cesare, Leonardo was unsuccessful in finding another patron in Italy.
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| *Cesare's comments about bloodshed and the need for cleansing may highlight the origin of the name Abstergo being adopted by the Knights Templar, which is Latin for "I cleanse"
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| ==References==
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