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Alt text: Title text reads: "Ancient Roman Epitaphs to Dogs" while images of the marble epitaphs are shown, often featuring carvings of the dog. The texts from them are:

"Behold the tomb
of Aeolis, the
cheerful little dog,
whose loss to
fleeting fate
pained me beyond
measure"

"To Helena, my
foster daughter,
the incomparable
and worthy soul"

"Here an owner
has buried his
playful dog,
Parthenope, in
gratitude for the
happiness and
mutual love that
she brought him"

"Bedewed with
tears I have carried
you, our little dog,
as in happier
circumstances I did
fifteen years ago..."

"...I used to lie on
the soft lap of
my master and
mistress...but
now I have been
overcome by
death..."

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