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Assassin's Creed Origins

Video Game·2017

by Ubisoft Montreal

Scholarly sources: Harvard Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian, Dr. Chris Naunton

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Figures 10
Released 2017
Inaccuracies 5
Historical Accuracy Spectrum
FictionalHistorical

Historical

10 figures

Fictional / Legendary

0 figures

Classification

High Historical Fidelity

Inaccuracies

5 flagged

Series

Part of

Assassin's Creed Series#7

Who's in This?
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Heroic (3)
Apollodorus the Sicilian

Apollodorus the Sicilian

Loyal friend to Cleopatra, ally of the Hidden Ones

Heroic
Pasherenptah III

Pasherenptah III

High Priest of Ptah, ally in Memphis

Heroic
Octavian (Augustus)

Octavian (Augustus)

Legitimate heir bringing order to Rome

Heroic
Complex (2)
Caesarion (Ptolemy XV)

Caesarion (Ptolemy XV)

Caesarion - son of Cleopatra

Complex
Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra VII

Major character - Queen of Egypt

Complex
Villainous (4)
Ptolemy XIII

Ptolemy XIII

Puppet pharaoh controlled by the Order

Villainous
Pothinus

Pothinus

Order of the Ancients member, regent controlling Ptolemy

Villainous
Lucius Septimius

Lucius Septimius

The Jackal - Order member who killed Pompey and Khemu

Villainous
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Antagonist allied with the Order of the Ancients

Villainous
Neutral (1)
Pompey the Great

Pompey the Great

Defeated general who flees to Egypt

Neutral
Historical Accuracy Notes(5)
01

Bayek as 'last Medjay' - Medjay ceased to exist centuries before 49 BCE

02

Greek-Egyptian ethnic conflict exaggerated; historical record shows integration

03

Statues shown unpainted; would have been brightly colored with pigments

04

Cyrene shown near Alexandria; actually 500 miles away in modern Libya

05

Buildings show no signs of reconstruction despite fragmentary historical evidence

External References
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