[mairdie]

Just what I was thinking as I was collecting and thinking about how to organize the Pompeii images. Usually we get glimpses into the past but never the depth of insight the covering ash protected. For example, I never knew that it was common to have a mosaic of a chained dog at the entry to your house. Some welcome mat.

[SunkenCiv]

there's at least one such dog mosaic that actually has the message in Latin, "beware the dog" right in the tessarae.

[hinckley buzzard]

Cave canem.