@bittantis 28 May 2021 more from that month

The love for animals, among many people, is the same since a lot of time! There was in southern italy a beautiful roman tomb for a beloved female dog, where there was written: "Bedewed with tears I have carried you, our little dog, as in happier circumstances I did fifteen years ago. So now, Patrice, you will no longer give me a thousand kisses, nor will you be able to lie affectionately round my neck. You were a good dog, and in sorrow I have placed you in a marble tomb, and I have united you forever to myself when I die. You readily matched a human with your clever ways; alas, what a pet we have lost! You, sweet Patrice, were in the habit of joining us at table and fawningly asking for food in our lap, you were accustomed to lick with your greedy tongue the cup which my hands often held for you and regularly to welcome your tired master with wagging tail." 😢 In latin: Portavi lacrimis madidụs te, nostra catella, / quod feci lustris laetior ante tribus. / Ergo mihi, Patrice, iam non dabis oscula mille /nec poteris collo grata cubare meo; /tristis marmorea posuị te sede merentem / et iunxi semper Manịbus ipse meis./ Moribus argutis hominem simulare paratam /perdidimus quales hei mihi delicias. / Tu, dulcis Patrice, nostras attingere mensas, / consueras, gremio poscere blanda cibos, / lambere tu calicem lingua rapiente solebas, / quem tibi saepe meae sustinuere manus, / accipere et lassum cauda gaudente frequenter, / [et mi omnes gestu dicere blanditias]