Colosseo
Il Colosseo (English: The Colosseum), also known as the Anfiteatro Flavio, was one of the most famous landmarks of Rome. It contained one of the Lairs of Romulus, and was one of the locations on which Subject 16 inscribed a Rift.[1]
Construction of the Colosseo began in 72 AD, and finished in 80 AD. During the Borgia family's rule over Rome, the Colosseo had become dilapidated.
History
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Passion Play
By 1503, The Colosseo was used as a place where the play was held, with crosses displayed for the use of actors. Cesare Borgia's personal assassin Micheletto attended the play as one of the actors in an attempt to kill another actor, Pietro Rossi (Lucrezia's latest lover), upon the order of Cesare. However, the plan was foiled when Ezio Auditore disguised himself and his Assassin apprentices as actors, and caused a riot in the arena. Once Micheletto was defeated and Pietro saved, a group of mercenaries sent from fellow Assassin Niccolò Machiavelli appeared to help Ezio to escape.[1]
In an attempt to regain power, Cesare Borgia called a meeting of Cardinals inside the Colosseo. The Cardinals informed him that they had elected Guiliano della Rovere to the Papacy. The meeting was then cut short when Ezio Auditore used the Apple of Eden to further weaken Cesare's support.[1]
A year before Cesare Borgia's death in Viana, in 1506, Ezio hid the Apple of Eden in a vault underneath the Colosseo.[1]
Modern era
By 2012, the modern-day Assassins discovered that the Piece of Eden was located somewhere near the Colosseo. Desmond and his allies hurry to the site after finding the password to open the vault below the ancient structure.[1]
By the time they arrived, a reconstruction project had begun on the Colosseo, indicated by the number of cranes and additional structures within it. The area under the Colosseo - an underground location that used to house the gladiators and transport them up to the arena of the Colosseo - had also been excavated.[1]
To gain access to the vault, Desmond needed to traverse a maze of scaffolding, broken stone, and construction equipment.[1]
Trivia
- The Colosseo is elliptical (oval-shaped) in real life, but it was made circular for the game, as devising shadows for different sides of the buildings would have been a "nightmare" for Ubisoft.[2]
- The Colosseo is one of the landmarks that Ezio can purchase after destroying the nearby Borgia Tower.
- There are many normal citizens on the upper levels of the Colosseo, although it is unknown how they got up there. If any of the citizens are interrupted by Ezio (either through pushing, shoving, or free running next to them), the citizens will start free running down onto the lower platforms of the Colosseo.
- In the E3 trailer, and when Ezio had hidden his Apple in the Colosseo, the floor isn't present.
- The Colosseo looks more immense during Desmond's visit than it does in normal gameplay.
- When Desmond enters the Colosseo, he sees visions of when Ezio visited the Lair of Romulus, fighting the Followers and chasing the leader on horseback.
- At the end of the Lair of Romulus mission, there are two statues present. Directly behind them is an elevated platform, which is inaccessible unless you run up the wall beside it and wall jump to the platform. Upon closer inspection on the wall at the top of the platform, it is actually the door to the vault where Ezio later hides the Apple of Eden, and where Desmond finds it in 2012.
- The Colosseo is one of the territories that can be purchased in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy.
- The Colosseo is the most expensive landmark that Ezio can buy in Rome.
- There is a Thief mission located in the Colosseo. In this memory, Ezio must finish a race that begins at the top of the Colosseo and ends by jumping from the view point.
Gallery
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Concept art of the Colosseo.
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Artwork of the Colosseo.
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Artwork of the inside the Colosseo.
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Ezio perched on the edge of the Colosseo.
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Ezio rescuing Pietro from the Colosseo.
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Top-view of the Colosseo.
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Ezio overlooking the Antico District.
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The reconstruction of the Colosseo.
