Romans kept dogs as pets, exemplified in this mosaic from the second or third century ... deposit discovered of its kind dating to the Roman Britain period—gives archaeologists hints about ...

A farmer discovered a 900-square-foot mosaic from the third century ... “represent authority in Roman tradition, and the depiction of hunting dogs reminds us that humans are part of the food ...

This fragment of mosaic formed part of an elaborate tessellated pavement which covered the floor of a two-chambered room in a Roman building at Cherhill, near Calne. The panel shows a hunting dog ...