Nws tsis yooj yim kom tsis txhob hnov qab txog lub nplhaib zoo nkauj 2,000 xyoo sapphire. Nws yog ib qho ancient Roman relic xav tias yav tas los koom nrog Caligula, tus huab tais thib peb Roman uas kav los ntawm 37 txog 41 AD.
Lub npe hu ua Gaius Julius Caesar tom qab Julius Caesar, Roman huab tais tau txais lub npe menyuam yaus "Caligula" (lub ntsiab lus "tus tub rog me lub khau raj").
Caligula tau paub niaj hnub no ua tus huab tais tsis muaj npe uas yog ob qho tib si ntse thiab siab phem. Txawm hais tias nws yog neeg vwm lossis tsis yog tseem raug nug, tab sis muaj kev tsis ntseeg me ntsis nws yog ib tus thawj coj ntawm Rome thaum ub. Nws muaj nws contemporaries adore nws raws li ib tug deity, muaj incest nrog nws cov viv ncaus, thiab npaj mus xaiv nws tus nees consul. Thaum nws txoj cai luv luv, kev tsim txom thiab kev tua tau tshwm sim.
Yog hais tias keeb kwm piav qhia ntawm Caligula tus cwj pwm yuav tsum ntseeg, lub nplhaib zoo nkauj no zoo nkauj npaum li Caligula yog qhov phem. Lub ntuj xiav hololith, fashioned ntawm pob zeb tseem ceeb, yog xav kom zoo li Caesonia, Caligula tus poj niam plaub thiab zaum kawg. Cov ntawv ceeb toom tau tshaj tawm tias nws zoo nkauj heev uas tus huab tais tau qhia nws kom ua yeeb yam liab qab nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm nws cov phooj ywg nyob rau qee lub sijhawm.
Caesonia yuav tsum yog qhov txawv tshaj plaw vim hais tias Suetonius, tus kws sau keeb kwm Roman, tau piav qhia nws tias yog "tus poj niam ntawm qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thiab xav tau."
Caligula zaj dab neeg hlub nrog Caesonia ua rau yug Julia Drusilla. Caligula tau hlub nrog Caesonia, thiab nws yog tus huab tais tus neeg ntseeg siab tshaj plaws. Txawm li cas los xij, nkawm niam txiv tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov yeeb ncuab uas xav tshem Caligula ntawm lub hwj chim.
Caligula raug tua vim muaj kev sib koom ua ke los ntawm cov tub ceev xwm ntawm Praetorian Guard coj los ntawm Cassius Chaerea, senators, thiab courtiers. Caesonia thiab nws tus ntxhais raug tua ib yam nkaus. Ntau qhov chaw tshaj tawm txawv versions ntawm kev tua neeg. Raws li qee qhov, Caligula raug stabbed hauv siab. Lwm tus hais tias nws raug chob nrog rab ntaj nruab nrab ntawm caj dab thiab xub pwg.
"Raws li Seneca, Chaerea tau tswj hwm kom decapitate tus huab tais nrog ib lub tshuab, tab sis muaj ntau tus neeg koom nrog puag ncig tus huab tais thiab muab lawv rab ntaj rau hauv lub cev tuag lawm.
Tam sim ntawd tom qab kev tua neeg, Chaerea xa ib pawg neeg hu ua Lupus tua Caesonia thiab Drusilla, tus huab tais tus ntxhais hluas.
Cov ntawv ceeb toom hais tias tus huab tais tau ntsib lub tshuab ua siab loj thiab tias tus ntxhais me tau tsoo tawm ntawm phab ntsa. Ces Chaerea thiab Sabinus, ntshai dab tsi yuav ua raws li, khiav mus rau sab hauv ntawm lub palace complex thiab los ntawm muaj, los ntawm ib tug txawv txoj kev, mus rau hauv lub nroog. ”
Caligula lub nplhaib sapphire zoo nkauj yog ib feem ntawm kev sau ntawm Earl ntawm Arundel los ntawm 1637 txog 1762 thaum nws tau los ua ib qho ntawm 'Marlborough Gems'.
Tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob, lub nplhaib ua rau muaj kev xav thaum nws tau tsim muaj rau kev yuav khoom hauv kev sib tw los ntawm Royal jewelers Wartski.
"Lub nplhaib no yog ib lub npe nrov 'Marlborough Gems,' yav dhau los tau nyob hauv kev sau ntawm Earl ntawm Arundel. Nws yog crafted nkaus ntawm sapphire. Muaj ob peb hololiths, thiab kuv xav hais tias qhov no yog qhov piv txwv zoo tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem pom. Peb ntseeg hais tias nws yog ib tug debauched Emperor Caligula, thiab engraving qhia nws tus poj niam zaum kawg Caesonia, "Kieran McCarthy, Wartski tus thawj coj, hais. Caligula lub nplhaib thaum kawg tau muag rau ze li £ 500,000 hauv 2019.
