Alexandria

Alexandria is the second largest city of Egypt, located along the northern coastline of Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea. It is named after the Macedonian king Alexander the Great, who founded the city around 331 BCE. A Hellenistic city, it served as the capital of Egypt throughout the Ptolemaic dynasty. It had so much commercial and intellectual development, that it became the most flourished city of the Ptolemaic era.
==History==
===Ptolemaic era===
Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE, the polis of Alexandria was incorporated into the fledgling kingdom of Ptolemy I Soter in 323 BCE. During that year, Ptolemy hijacked Alexander's sarcophagus, which was being transported to Makedonia at the time, and later buried the king in a tomb in the city. Sometime during the reign of Ptolemy XII Auletes, an earthquake struck the city, causing considerable damage to Alexander's tomb.
In 49 BCE, the pharaoh Cleopatra was exiled by her brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII with the help of the Order of the Ancients. Apollodorus, one of Cleopatra's loyal followers, helped her to escape the city through the canals.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Tours: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt: "Co-rule with Ptolemy XIII & Exile"
A year later in 48 BCE, Aya, seeking revenge for the death of her son Khemu, killed the two Ancients members Actaeon and Ktesos.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Aya Following this, her husband the Medjay Bayek killed another member, Eudoros, in the bathhouse of Alexandria.Assassin's Creed: Origins - End of the Snake
In September, the Roman general Julius Caesar travelled to Alexandria in pursuit of his rival Pompey, who had fled to Egypt. There, Caesar was received by Ptolemy XIII, who presented the head of the deceased Pompey to the general. Their meeting was interrupted with the arrival of Cleopatra with the help of Aya, Bayek, and Apollodorus.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Aya: Blade of the Goddess
At the beginning of the year 47 BCE, Ptolemy besieged the city with his army in an attempt to trap Cleopatra and the Romans. Bayek and Aya helped Caesar to defend the city.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Battle of the Nile
In 30 BCE, the Roman army led by Octavian invaded Alexandria.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Issue #01 Cleopatra watched as the Roman army approached as her son Caesarion trained with the guard. Getting beaten, Cleopatra told her son that he must remain strong.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Issue #02 With Octavian's men closing in, Cleopatra, Caesarion, and their guard walked outside. Once the guard left they were attacked, Caesarion bravely defended his mother who encouraged him to kill them attacker. Deducing that their guard had betrayed they waited for his return and killed him too.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Issue #03 Aya, now known as the Hidden One Amunet, confronted Cleopatra in her palace. Amunet handed her a vial of asp extract, allowing her to commit suicide, promising Cleopatra to take her son Caesarion, with her to Rome and train him as one of them.Assassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed: Origins – Issue #04
===Roman era===
In 295 CE, the Roman Emperor Diocletian attacked the city, which fell after eight months of relentless assault.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Tours: Alexandria: Planning of the City: "Impregnable Defense"
In 357, Constantius II had an obelisk built by Thutmose III in Karnak pilfered and transported to Alexandria. After remaining there for 40 years, Emperor Theodosius I transferred it to Constantinople.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Database: Obelisk of Theodosius
===Islamic era===
During the 1240s, the widow of the Levantine Assassin Sef Ibn-La'Ahad moved to the city with their children, after having spent some time in exile in Alamut.Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade In 1257, Sef's brother Darim moved to Alexandria to be with his family, after the Mongols started besieging the Assassins' fortress of Masyaf.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Database: Darim and Sef
Years later, a descendant of Altaïr named Iskender became the Mentor of the Egyptian Assassins and was headquartered in Alexandria.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Mentor Vanishes" The Byzantine Templar Odai Dunqas also relocated to the city sometime around 1505, after being driven away from his home by his family.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Database: Odai Dunqas
In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the Mamluk Sultanate's soldiers discovered two Memory Seals in a chest from 331 BCE. The Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore sent some Assassins from Constantinople to Alexandria to retrieve the seals.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Memory Seals, Part I" After the seals were recovered, Templar soldiers launched an offensive on the Assassin headquarters. The Assassins fought hard to protect the initiate decoding the seals.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Memory Seals, Part II" However, the Templars later reacquired the seals. A search party was sent out, authorized to use maximum force.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "The Memory Seals, Part III" Sometime later, Iskender was captured by Templars and scheduled for execution, though Ezio sent some Assassins to save him.
===Victorian era===
In June 1852, the British Army deserter Simeon Price, then going by the alias "Jack Straw", spent a few weeks in Alexandria performing odd jobs, gathering enough money to travel to Athens. Having saved enough to travel, he instead made for Vienna on the instruction of the mysterious hooded man who had so previously saved him from drowning aboard the HMS Birkenhead a year prior.Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Chapter 3 In 1882, the English fleet was sent and bombed the city of Alexandria.Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot – Chapter 28
==Locations==
Military locations
*Akra Garrison
*Kibotos Arsenal
*Pharos Garrison
Papyrus locations
*Great Synagogue
*Iseion
*Library of Alexandria
*Serapeum of Alexandria
*Tomb of Alexander the Great
Treasure locations
*Aya's Home
*Armory
*Emporion Berthed Trireme
*Mareia Military Storage
*Mareia Trireme
*Narrow Crevice
*Pharos Military Storage
*Ptolemaic Royal Palace
*South Wall Guard Post
==Behind the scenes==
In Assassin's Creed: Origins, the rich district houses have wall paintings that are actually characteristic of Roman wall painting.Ancient History Encyclopedia – Roman Wall Painting The in-game patterns resemble the ones found on the terrace houses of ancient . The city has Roman style raised stone pedestrian crosswalks.
==Gallery==
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ACO Alexandria Rich District - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Alexandria's rich district
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ACO Alexandria Sailor Suburb Concept Art - Raphaëlle Deslandes.jpg|Sailor suburb in the city
ACO Ptolemy in Alexandria Concept Art - Martin Deschambault.jpg|Ptolemy XIII addresing the crowds of Alexandria concept art
ACO Alexandria Concept Art.jpg|Alexandria streets concept art
ACO Alexandria Street Concept Art 1 - Martin Deschambault.jpg|Alexandria streets concept art
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ACO Alexandria Map.jpg|Map of Alexandria
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Assasins-creed-origins-gamescom-3.jpg|Alexandria at night as seen from the Serapeum
Overview of Alexandria.jpg|Overview of Alexandria
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File:AC Origins Alexandria City Street 1.png|Alexandria Street At Night.
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==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations 
*Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins – Desert Oath
*Assassin's Creed: Origins comic
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt
*Assassin's Creed: Rebellion 
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories
*Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin? 
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy
*Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot 
*Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
==References==
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Category:Port cities
Category:Cities in Egypt
Category:Cities in Ancient Rome
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