04-28-2008, 01:12 PM
Ave,
Sounds like the consensus is the Legions had cats, evidence the paw prints.
So I guess the further question is then did the cats travel with the Legions or did they adopt animals in the regions they were operating in. My experience with troops is that they tend to attract small animals, children and women. Not necessarily in that order. ...and then there would be a transport issue. I am not sure the cats would happily trot along following the troops. Any thoughts on this??
Sort of trying to pin down why the locals identify this one breed of cat as Roman.
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus, AKA Al
Sounds like the consensus is the Legions had cats, evidence the paw prints.
So I guess the further question is then did the cats travel with the Legions or did they adopt animals in the regions they were operating in. My experience with troops is that they tend to attract small animals, children and women. Not necessarily in that order. ...and then there would be a transport issue. I am not sure the cats would happily trot along following the troops. Any thoughts on this??
Sort of trying to pin down why the locals identify this one breed of cat as Roman.
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus, AKA Al
ARMINIVS PRIMVS
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
