Gordopolis Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/storytime-istanbul-and-cats-bound-together-since-byzantine-times?fbclid=IwAR1xnoxWvCoehw1X7EI1N0VxEcvFE9bDa9gTCrgN-hiE6vtNjIvK-V8qbKU Hope this is suitable - wasn't sure where to post it, but thought it too interesting/profound not to put it somewhere: In the 13th c AD, Pope Gregory IX declared cats as hell's earthly representatives* & urged their extermination across Europe. Thus, the rat population thrived, bringing with them the Black Death and triggering multiple generations of untold suffering. What's Latin for 'oops'? Fortunately, cats found a safehaven in parts of Byzantium - as the article discusses. *This part, I don't disagree with, given the number of claw marks I bear from our mogs The extermination part, however, is simply horrific. EDIT: in the interests of debate, chats on other forums argue against the above, stating that a) the plague raged in later ages when the cat population had recovered and b) the plague hit cat-friendly Muslim lands just as hard Edited January 10, 2022 by Gordopolis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesar novus Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Gordopolis said: wasn't sure where to post it Maybe "Historia in Universum" next time? As for a Roman connection, isn't there a downside to ruins being drenched with cat pee at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Argentina_Cat_Sanctuary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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