Previous Concurrent Next Confrontation in the Vatican Timeframe Conflict Date Place Outcome Affiliations involved Participants In 1499, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze discovered that the location of the Vault lay in the city of Rome, beneath the Vatican. Upon learning of this development, members of the Italian Assassins prepared themselves to fight through strong opposition and assassinate Ezio's foe Rodrigo Borgia within the Vatican to gain access into the fabled Vault.