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The '''Tiber''' (Italian: ''Tevere'') is a river that runs through the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Rome]]. During the [[Renaissance]], it separated the [[Vaticano District]] from the other three city districts. | The '''Tiber''' (Italian: ''Tevere'') is a river that runs through the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Rome]]. During the [[Renaissance]], it separated the [[Vaticano District]] from the other three city districts. | ||
The [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] rests on the river bank, while [[Tiber Island]], the only island upon the river, can be found further south.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | The [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] rests on the river bank, while [[Tiber Island]], the only island upon the river, can be found further south.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – {{Cite|18 March 2021. Memories needed}}</ref> | ||
==Bridges== | ==Bridges== | ||
By the time of the Renaissance, six bridges had been built over the Tiber which allowed [[civilian]]s to cross the river from various points within the city. Among these bridges were the [[Ponte Sant'Angelo]] and the [[Ponte Sisto]].<ref name="Brotherhood"/> | |||
However, only two of these bridges crossed | However, only two of these bridges crossed onto Tiber Island, both of which were marked with the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Templar insignia|cross]]. No other bridge in Rome had these symbols, despite Tiber Island housing an [[Tiber Island headquarters|Assassin headquarters]].<ref name="Brotherhood"/> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[ | In 47 BCE, the Roman {{Wiki|legate}} [[Agrippa]] wrote a note to [[Flavius Metellus]], {{Wiki|proconsul}} of [[Cyrenaica]] and a member of the [[Egypt]]ian [[Order of the Ancients]], in which he wildly claimed [[Cleopatra]] sought to make herself Queen of Rome and that he felt it would certainly be in her character to sail down the Tiber in a solid [[gold]] barge.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[One Bad Apple]]</ref> | ||
Centuries later in 1499, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] considered dropping the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple]] of [[Eden]] into the Tiber after a [[Confrontation in the Vatican|confrontation]] with [[Papacy|Pope]] [[Rodrigo Borgia]] in the Vatican.<ref name="Mass Exodus">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Mass Exodus]]</ref> The following year, he re-established the [[Assassins]]' headquarters in a store room on Tiber Island, which had several [[Tunnels|tunnel]] entrances underneath the city of Rome. It was also possible for Ezio to enter the headquarters by diving into sewage tunnels that fed from the island into the river.<ref name="Brotherhood" /> | |||
It was the habit of [[Cesare Borgia]] to have the bodies of his enemies discarded into the Tiber, including that of his brother [[Juan Borgia the Younger]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]''</ref> and [[Francesco Troche]].<ref name="Brotherhood"/> In 2012, the Templars continued this practice by dumping [[Clay Kaczmarek]]'s body in the Tiber after his death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]] | Whenever Ezio and [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolo Machiavelli]] inducted their [[Assassin apprentice|apprentices]] into the Order, the [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|ceremony]] concluded with the new Assassin performing a [[Leap of Faith]] into the Tiber.<ref name="Brotherhood" /> | ||
It was the habit of [[Cesare Borgia]] to have the bodies of his enemies discarded into the Tiber, including that of his brother [[Juan Borgia the Younger]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]''</ref> and [[Francesco Troche]].<ref name="Brotherhood" /> In 2012, the Templars continued this practice by dumping [[Clay Kaczmarek]]'s body in the Tiber after his death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]] – [[The Lost Archive]]'' – [[The End Is Only the Beginning]]</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'', because the gameplay does not support swimming, the player can only traverse the river by freerunning over [[Gondola|gondolas]] connected between the Vaticano District and [[Centro District]]. | *In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'', because the gameplay does not support swimming, the player can only traverse the river by [[freerunning]] over [[Gondola|gondolas]] connected between the Vaticano District and [[Centro District]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – ''[[The Lost Archive]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – ''[[The Lost Archive]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 18 March 2021
The Tiber (Italian: Tevere) is a river that runs through the Italian city of Rome. During the Renaissance, it separated the Vaticano District from the other three city districts.
The Castel Sant'Angelo rests on the river bank, while Tiber Island, the only island upon the river, can be found further south.[1]
Bridges
By the time of the Renaissance, six bridges had been built over the Tiber which allowed civilians to cross the river from various points within the city. Among these bridges were the Ponte Sant'Angelo and the Ponte Sisto.[1]
However, only two of these bridges crossed onto Tiber Island, both of which were marked with the Templar cross. No other bridge in Rome had these symbols, despite Tiber Island housing an Assassin headquarters.[1]
History
In 47 BCE, the Roman legate Agrippa wrote a note to Flavius Metellus, proconsul of Cyrenaica and a member of the Egyptian Order of the Ancients, in which he wildly claimed Cleopatra sought to make herself Queen of Rome and that he felt it would certainly be in her character to sail down the Tiber in a solid gold barge.[2]
Centuries later in 1499, the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze considered dropping the Apple of Eden into the Tiber after a confrontation with Pope Rodrigo Borgia in the Vatican.[3] The following year, he re-established the Assassins' headquarters in a store room on Tiber Island, which had several tunnel entrances underneath the city of Rome. It was also possible for Ezio to enter the headquarters by diving into sewage tunnels that fed from the island into the river.[1]
Whenever Ezio and Niccolo Machiavelli inducted their apprentices into the Order, the ceremony concluded with the new Assassin performing a Leap of Faith into the Tiber.[1]
It was the habit of Cesare Borgia to have the bodies of his enemies discarded into the Tiber, including that of his brother Juan Borgia the Younger[4] and Francesco Troche.[1] In 2012, the Templars continued this practice by dumping Clay Kaczmarek's body in the Tiber after his death.[5]
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed: Identity, because the gameplay does not support swimming, the player can only traverse the river by freerunning over gondolas connected between the Vaticano District and Centro District.
Gallery
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The Vatican as viewed from across the Tiber -
The Ponte Sant'Angelo spanning the Tiber -
One of the tunnels leading to the Assassin Headquarters
Appearences
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Ascendance
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Lost Archive (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Identity
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – [citation needed]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – One Bad Apple
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Mass Exodus
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Ascendance
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Lost Archive – The End Is Only the Beginning