08-11-2003, 07:36 PM
For what it's worth, I've heard that dalmatians were used, if not first bred, by the Romans. Also, the big ugly dog the French call a "molosse," evidently a mastiff, was much in evidence in Imperial Roman times.<br>
I have a tangential question: I never saw any evidence of those irritating little yappy dogs the mediaeval French, and their heirs, the English, nobility, showed on their tombs until they themselves did it. Where did the rot start? Did the Romans have any such vermin around them? I doubt it, as it looks, from tomb sculptures, like they were basically footwarmers for northern European winters. Any data?<br>
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. JM <p></p><i></i>
I have a tangential question: I never saw any evidence of those irritating little yappy dogs the mediaeval French, and their heirs, the English, nobility, showed on their tombs until they themselves did it. Where did the rot start? Did the Romans have any such vermin around them? I doubt it, as it looks, from tomb sculptures, like they were basically footwarmers for northern European winters. Any data?<br>
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. JM <p></p><i></i>
