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[[File:ACP Treasure Raw Sapphire.png|thumb|250px|A sapphire]] | |||
'''Sapphire''' is a [[precious stone]], found typically in various shades of blue, but also available in other colors. | '''Sapphire''' is a [[precious stone]], found typically in various shades of blue, but also available in other colors. | ||
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During his attempt to [[Liberation of Rome|liberate]] [[Rome]] from the [[House of Borgia]]'s rule, the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] acquired sapphires. At the time, the gemstone was commonly worn as jewelry.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | During his attempt to [[Liberation of Rome|liberate]] [[Rome]] from the [[House of Borgia]]'s rule, the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] acquired sapphires. At the time, the gemstone was commonly worn as jewelry.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | ||
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During his time in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]], the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Alonzo Batilla]] [[Alonzo Batilla's treasures#Gems - The Rare Stones|obtained]] a sapphire.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{c|as a ship's name}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mdat}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 22 March 2020
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Sapphire is a precious stone, found typically in various shades of blue, but also available in other colors.
History
5th century BCE
During the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BCE, sapphires were more valuable than drachmae or silver, according to Photios, a former mercenary who in his old age had become a guard of a treasury within the Sanctuary of Delphi in Phokis, Greece. Sapphires donated by a Thracian king had been stolen from the treasury under his watch, and he asked his friend and former pupil, the Spartan misthios Kassandra to find them.[1]
16th century
During his attempt to liberate Rome from the House of Borgia's rule, the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze acquired sapphires. At the time, the gemstone was commonly worn as jewelry.[2]
18th century
During his time in the West Indies, the pirate Alonzo Batilla obtained a sapphire.[3]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed: Pirates
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (as a ship's name)
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey