Ndizovuta kusayamikira mphete ya safiro yazaka 2,000. Ndi zinthu zakale zachiroma zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuti zinali za Caligula, mfumu yachitatu ya Roma yomwe idalamulira kuyambira 37 mpaka 41 AD.
Wotchedwa Gaius Julius Caesar dzina la Julius Caesar, mfumu ya Roma inapeza dzina lakuti “Caligula” (kutanthauza “nsapato ya msilikali wamng’ono”).
Masiku ano Caligula amadziwika kuti ndi mfumu yodziwika bwino yomwe inali yanzeru komanso yankhanza. Kaya anali wamisala kapena ayi akukayikiridwabe, koma n’zosakayikitsa kuti iye anali mmodzi wa olamulira ankhanza a Roma wakale. Anali ndi anthu a m'nthawi yake kuti amupembedze ngati mulungu, ankagonana ndi alongo ake, ndipo ankafuna kusankha kazembe wake wa akavalo. Mu ulamuliro wake waufupi, kuzunzidwa ndi kupha kunali kofala.
Ngati mafotokozedwe a mbiri yakale a khalidwe la Caligula ayenera kukhulupirira, mphete yokongolayi ndi yokongola monga momwe Caligula anali woipa. Hololith yakumwamba, yopangidwa ndi mwala wamtengo wapatali, imafanana ndi Caesonia, mkazi wachinayi komanso womaliza wa Caligula. Malipoti anamveka kuti iye anali wodabwitsa kwambiri moti mfumu inamuuza kuti nthawi zina azichita maliseche pamaso pa anzake.
Caesonia ayenera kuti anali wodabwitsa chifukwa Suetonius, wolemba mbiri wachiroma, anam’longosola kukhala “mkazi wochita mopambanitsa ndi wotayirira.”
Nkhani yachikondi ya Caligula ndi Caesonia idapangitsa kuti Julia Drusilla abadwe. Caligula ankakonda kwambiri Caesonia, ndipo anali bwenzi lofunika kwambiri la mfumuyo. Komabe, banjali lidazunguliridwa ndi adani omwe akufuna kuchotsa Caligula pampando.
Caligula anaphedwa chifukwa cha chiwembu chimene akuluakulu a asilikali olondera mfumu yotsogoleredwa ndi a Cassius Chaerea, akuluakulu a boma, komanso akuluakulu a boma anakonza chiwembu. Caesonia ndi mwana wake wamkazi adaphedwanso. Magwero osiyanasiyana amafotokoza mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya kupha. Ena amati Caligula adabayidwa pachifuwa. Ena amati analasidwa ndi lupanga pakati pa khosi ndi phewa.
“Malinga ndi Seneca, Chaerea anatha kudula mutu wa mfumuyo ndi nkhonya kamodzi kokha, koma achiwembu ambiri anazinga mfumuyo ndi kuponya malupanga awo m’mtembowo.
Atangophedwa kumene, Chaerea anatumiza mkulu wa asilikali dzina lake Lupus kuti akaphe Kaesonia ndi Drusilla, mwana wamkazi wa mfumu.
Malipoti akuti mfumukaziyi inakumana ndi nkhonyayo molimba mtima ndipo kamtsikana kameneka kanagundidwa kukhoma. Kenako Chaerea ndi Sabinus, pochita mantha ndi zimene zingawachitikire, anathawira m’kati mwa nyumba yachifumuyo ndipo kuchokera kumeneko, kudzera njira ina, n’kukalowa mumzinda. ”
Mphete yokongola ya safiro ya Caligula inali gawo la zosonkhanitsira Earl wa Arundel kuyambira 1637 mpaka 1762 pomwe idakhala imodzi mwazodziwika bwino za 'Marlborough Gems.'
N'zosadabwitsa kuti mpheteyo inachititsa chidwi pamene inapezeka kuti igulidwe mu malonda a Royal jewelers Wartski.
"Mphete iyi ndi imodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino za 'Marlborough Gems,' yomwe idakhalapo m'gulu la Earl of Arundel. Amapangidwa kwathunthu ndi safiro. Pali ma hololiths ochepa kwambiri, ndipo ndingatsutse kuti ichi ndiye chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri chomwe mungapeze. Tikukhulupirira kuti inali ya Emperor Caligula wodekha, ndipo chojambulacho chikuwonetsa mkazi wake womaliza Caesonia, "atero a Kieran McCarthy, mkulu wa Wartski. Mphete ya Caligula pamapeto pake idagulitsidwa pafupifupi $ 500,000 mu 2019.
