Here at the eCool Compound, we’re grateful to Caroline Lawrence, author of the Roman Mysteries series of books and tv series for kids, for letting us know about the excellent Cave Canem Project now underway at Pompeii.
If you’ve visited Pompeii, you probably know that the ancient city is home to lots of affectionate stray dogs who spend their days sunning themselves on the cobblestones of the ancient streets and befriending tourists and following them about the archaeological site. While Rome has stray cats, Pompeii is home to their canine compatriots.
An admirable new project called Cave Canem (Cave Canem means “beware of the dog” in Latin and the phrase is famous because it is inscribed on a mosaic found in the doorway of a home in Pompeii) aims to find proper homes for these dogs. To this end, they’ve put up a website at which you can browse the dogs that are in search of owners and download the paperwork necessary for adoption. They come with charming ancient Roman names like Polidia and Vesonius; they’re chock-full of knowledge about Pompeii as they’ve been on many a guided tour; and they are healthy, vaccinated, and spayed or neutered.
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