Cave canem - Pompeya, Italia - Mosaics on Waymarking.com

Mosaico de un perro doméstico con correa, encadenado a un punto arbitrario. Bajo la figura se lee la inscripción "CAVE CANEM”, el equivalente antiguo de la conocida advertencia “cuidado con el perro”.

Cave canem es una locución latina que significa literalmente "Cuidado con el perro". Se escribía a las entradas de las casas y villas romanas para avisar de que en el interior había un perro potencialmente peligroso. La práctica ha permanecido inalterable a lo largo de los siglos.

La locución latina puede encontrarse en un famoso mosaico que se encuentra en las excavaciones arqueológicas de Pompeya, sobre el pavimento de entrada de la Casa del Poeta Trágico (Regio VI, Insula 8, nº 5).

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Mosaic of a domestic dog on a leash, chained to an arbitrary point. Under the figure is the inscription "CAVE CANEM", the ancient equivalent of the well-known warning "beware of the dog".

Cave canem is a Latin phrase that literally means "Beware of the dog." People wrote at the entrances to Roman houses and villas to warn that there was a potentially dangerous dog inside. The practice has remained unchanged throughout the centuries.

The Latin phrase can be found in a famous mosaic found in the archaeological excavations of Pompeii, on the entrance pavement of the House of the Tragic Poet (Regio VI, Insula 8, no. 5).

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