
Pompeii: Mosaic
This black and white mosaic of a
dog is found in the entryway of the House of L. Caecilius Iucundus.
Caecilius was a prominent Pompeiian moneylender. Perhaps, like the
"Cave Canem" mosaic at the House of the Tragic Poet, this was
intended to deter wrongdoers, although this dog seems much more docile than
its more-famous counterpart.