Rome, 1530 was the year the modern-aged Templars, better known these days as Abstergo Industries, sent you back. The new feature that the Animus 2.0 included, was to not only let you relive the memories of a non-relative, but it legitimately sent you back to the year 1530 where the Templars ordered you to befriend the deadly Master Assassin - Remilio Auditore da Roma.