TIL Romans were known to create tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription read, “I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago.”
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9 Touching Epitaphs Ancient Greeks And Romans Wrote For Their Deceased Dogs
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