[Dog Crucifixion In Ancient Rome]

We've had this question of dog crucifixion before, although it was some years back (Pantagathus cited some sources):

 

http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4686

 

Dogs were also sacrificed during the annual observance of the Robigalia, as Ovid mentions in his Fasti (Book IV). But Ovid doesn't say how the dogs were killed.

 

I'm in agreement with Maty that the act of canine crucifixion should be counted among The Top Ten Roman Atrocities.

 

-- Nephele

 

Thanks for that Nephele.

[Dog Crucifixion In Ancient Rome]

Hello everyone,

I am reading Tom Holland's 'Rubicon' at the moment and have just read a passage about an annual crucifixion of guard dogs. Apparently, this was a belated punishment for failing to bark and warn about the imminent sacking of Rome by the Gauls. Geese, however, were celebrated.

Does anyone know of the primary source(s) for this dog crucifixion? I'd be interested to find out if this was true or a fiction of anti-Roman propaganda from later sources.

Thanks

Silurian