Nabataeans

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Gamilat with his newest recruit for the Nabaetaens rebel

The Nabataeans were an ancient Arab people who lived mainly in northern Arabia and the southern part of the Levant. By the 5th century AD, the Nabataeans converted to Christianity and the last remaining of their people were seen as peasants by the Later Roman Era.

History

Sinai rebellion against Roman occupation

In the late 1st century BCE, the Nabataeans living in Sinai formed a rebellion against the Roman occupation, led by the Order of the Ancients leader General Gaius Julius Rufio. Following their leader Gamilat, the Nabataeans sought to push out the Romans. However, Gamilat willingly created situations where the rebels initiated attacks against Roman soldiers and retreated to local villages, whose defenseless inhabitants suffered the soldiers' unrestrained aggression. He then opportunistically recruited into his growing army the lucky few who survived and saw the chance to take up arms as a way to attain revenge.

In 38 BCE, the Egyptian Hidden One Tahira set up a bureau in Sinai and aided the Nabataeans. However, two Hidden Ones fell to one of these Roman attacks and thus she messaged Hidden Ones' co-founder and friend Bayek to aid her. Upon his arrival, Bayek met with Tahira and Gamilat, and agreed to help the Nabataeans be rid their Roman oppressors. Although Rufio was still in Rome, his three lieutenants Tacito, Ptahmose, and Ampelius still oversaw his work.

In Klysma Nome, Nabataean inhabitants and children were sold into slavery. When the Hidden One Osorkon went to investigate, he uncovered that a local Nabataean woman Shaqilat was rescuing the enslaved. However, Roman soldiers soon caught and interrogated Osorkon for information on his brotherhood. Fortunately, he was rescued by Bayek, whom he told about Shaqilat. After finding her, Bayek aided her when they came under attack from Roman soldiers over her actions. Realizing her power and motive, he recruited her into the Hidden Ones to aid her fellow Nabataeans. Bayek soon uncovered and eliminated another Nabataean child slavery ring in the Klysma Quarry after killing their oppressive merchant slaver.

At Klysma Quarry, Nabataeans were still taken as prisoners and unlawfully forced to work under the Roman legate and Order member Tacito. However, Tacito was assassinated by Bayek and then he and Tahira freed the prisoners and took back the quarry. At Arsinoe, Nabataean workers under mason and Order member Ptahmose worked to find relics for Rome, the Blades of Thoth, and shards of a star by desecrating the Pyramid of Amenmesse. Nabataeans rebels tried to fight against Ptahmose's hold but were captured and tortured for information back at Vilicus Castra. Fortunately, Phatmose was assassinated by Bayek, who brandished the blades in spite of him.

After Rufio received word his three lieutenants were killed, he responded by attacking the bureau, which led to Tahira's death and Bayek's brief capture. Fortunately, with the help of Amunet, Bayek was freed. He later found and killed Rufio, ending the Order's influence in Sinai. However, the Nabataean rebel leader Gamilat's corrupt actions were uncovered by Amunet, who told Bayek about his tactics. In response, Bayek confronted and killed Gamilat, who understood his wrongdoings and accepted his death. Ultimately, the Nabataeans lost their leader but remembered the tales of Gamilat's heroism. Gamilat's death also served as an inspiration to the Creed's first tenet: to stay their blade from the innocents.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Origins (first mentioned)
  • The Hidden Ones (first appearance)