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October 30, 2023 3:05 PM

"Protecting cats has been a Roman tradition since the days of the ancient Roman Republic. They were considered sacred to the goddess Diana and were kept not only as companions, but as a way to control the pest population as the city grew. Cats were granted legal protections under Roman law as early as the first century CE . The Roman Cat. pt.1, pt. 2, pt. 3. previously.
posted by clavdivs (11 comments total)

Warning: kind of a lot of recipes involving cat parts. Still interesting.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:08 PM on October 30, 2023

Tired: always thinking about the Roman Empire
Wired: always thinking about cats
Inspired: always thinking about Roman cats
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:11 PM on October 30, 2023 [14 favorites]

Veni, purrede, me tibus lingebam
posted by y2karl at 4:17 PM on October 30, 2023 [5 favorites]

Habes meowmail.
posted by clavdivs at 4:41 PM on October 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

It is said that in Ulthar, which lies beyond the river Skai, no man may kill a cat.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:33 PM on October 30, 2023 [5 favorites]

I have not looked at the links because I came straight here to say that Romans still protect cats.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 7:46 AM on October 31, 2023 [2 favorites]

And cats have never gotten over their privileged status.
posted by charris5005 at 8:30 AM on October 31, 2023 [2 favorites]

TIL that there is a place where "cat lady" is an official job title and I think this needs to be internationalized ASAP.
posted by BlueJae at 9:35 AM on October 31, 2023 [4 favorites]

(Cat gentlemen/gentlepersons should also be included in the official job title bestowment, of course.)
posted by BlueJae at 9:39 AM on October 31, 2023 [1 favorite]

A+ post title!
posted by inexorably_forward at 4:24 PM on October 31, 2023 [2 favorites]

By I Clavvdivs...
posted by y2karl at 4:29 PM on October 31, 2023 [2 favorites]