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| − | + | The '''Historical Revision Unit''' was a department of the [[Administratum]],{{Fn|1}} whose main employees were the servants known as [[Historitors]] who worked within the [[Imperial Palace]]. Their job was to revise subversive records of history to a more reverent version.{{Fn|3}} These Imperial scholars chronicled, catalogued and espoused sanctioned history.{{Fn|5a}} '''Historicus''' was the title of the unit's head.{{Fn|1}} | |
| − | The '''Historical Revision Unit''' | ||
| − | + | The Historical Revision Unit also operated during significant events like the [[13th Black Crusade]], disseminating news of [[Imperial]] battlefield successes to frontline [[guardsmen]] alongside the [[Commission for Moral Truth]].{{Fn|4}} | |
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| + | [[Roboute Guilliman]] intended to replace the Historical Revision Unit with the [[Logos Historica Verita]], to form a more reliable [[Imperial]] history-keeping system. Members of the [[Logos Historica Verita]] were also called [[Historitors]].{{Fn|6}} | ||
==Known Historitors== | ==Known Historitors== | ||
| + | *[[Fiotor Krowse]]{{Fn|5b}} | ||
*[[Petrion Borsch]] - ''Historicus Prefectus''{{Fn|2}} | *[[Petrion Borsch]] - ''Historicus Prefectus''{{Fn|2}} | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Remembrancer]] | ||
| + | *[[Logos Historica Verita]] | ||
| + | *[[Archeor]] | ||
| + | *[[List of known Imperial literary works]] | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
| − | *{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book) | + | *{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]], pg. 48 |
| − | *{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 97 (UK)]], pg. 39 | + | *{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 97 (UK)]], pg. 39 — ''Index Astartes - Ultramarines'' |
| − | + | *{{Endn|3}}: [[Draco (Novel)]], Chapter Eighteen | |
| − | + | *{{Endn|4}}: [[The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book)]], pg. 61 | |
| − | {{ | + | *5: [[The Wraithbone Phoenix (Novel)]]: |
| − | + | **{{Endn|5a}}: ''Glossary'' | |
| + | **{{Endn|5b}}: Chapter Twenty-Seven | ||
| + | *{{Endn|6}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter 9 | ||
[[Category:Administratum]] | [[Category:Administratum]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Adeptus Terra]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:29, 11 March 2026
The Historical Revision Unit was a department of the Administratum,[1] whose main employees were the servants known as Historitors who worked within the Imperial Palace. Their job was to revise subversive records of history to a more reverent version.[3] These Imperial scholars chronicled, catalogued and espoused sanctioned history.[5a] Historicus was the title of the unit's head.[1]
The Historical Revision Unit also operated during significant events like the 13th Black Crusade, disseminating news of Imperial battlefield successes to frontline guardsmen alongside the Commission for Moral Truth.[4]
Roboute Guilliman intended to replace the Historical Revision Unit with the Logos Historica Verita, to form a more reliable Imperial history-keeping system. Members of the Logos Historica Verita were also called Historitors.[6]
Known Historitors
- Fiotor Krowse[5b]
- Petrion Borsch - Historicus Prefectus[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 48
- 2: White Dwarf 97 (UK), pg. 39 — Index Astartes - Ultramarines
- 3: Draco (Novel), Chapter Eighteen
- 4: The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book), pg. 61
- 5: The Wraithbone Phoenix (Novel):
- 6: Dark Imperium (Novel), Chapter 9
