Angela
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It was an epitaph found on the grave marker. Aww! Nice to know we've always loved our pets.
"This inscribed Latin poem contains the epitaph for Margarita (‘Pearl’), a dog born in Gaul. She became a lap-dog in Rome but it is unclear whether her owners picked her up in Gaul or bought her in Rome as an imported animal. Margarita deceased in 1st or 2nd century Rome.
The poem is written in verse & as if spoken by Margarita herself."I used to lie on the soft lap of my master and mistressand knew to go to bed when tired on my spread mattressand I did not speak more than allowed as a dog, given a silent mouthNo-one was scared by my barking""
Now if only I could teach my dog that!
She wasn't always a couch potato, either.
""I was trained to run boldly through strange forestsand to hunt out furry wild beasts in the hills."
https://twitter.com/ticiaverveer/status/1223617555182628864
"This inscribed Latin poem contains the epitaph for Margarita (‘Pearl’), a dog born in Gaul. She became a lap-dog in Rome but it is unclear whether her owners picked her up in Gaul or bought her in Rome as an imported animal. Margarita deceased in 1st or 2nd century Rome.
The poem is written in verse & as if spoken by Margarita herself."I used to lie on the soft lap of my master and mistressand knew to go to bed when tired on my spread mattressand I did not speak more than allowed as a dog, given a silent mouthNo-one was scared by my barking""
Now if only I could teach my dog that!
She wasn't always a couch potato, either.
""I was trained to run boldly through strange forestsand to hunt out furry wild beasts in the hills."
https://twitter.com/ticiaverveer/status/1223617555182628864