Pompeii, Italy - February 2011; Romans clearly loved their dogs, just like us. There are several dog mosaics in Pompeii, apart from the most famous sh

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Pompeii, Italy - February 2011; Romans clearly loved their dogs, just like us. There are several dog mosaics in Pompeii, apart from the most famous showing a fierce guard dog with the immortal legend - Cave Canem' - Beware of the Dog! This is one of the others. And it still looks pretty tough to

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