I did know about the Pyrenean macaque found in military regalia, but had no idea that another late antique macaque had been unearthed in post-Roman Wroxeter. What a remarkable find! http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/02/barbary-ape-wroxeter.html … H/t @caitlinrgreen
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It certainly does. It would be brilliant if they found an ostrich too.
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That would indeed be fabulous! Or a camel, perhaps! ;) Interestingly, there are ostrich remains from Rome but no Barbary ape remains so far as I know...
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True! :) Would be interesting to know just where it was found, but seem to recall no provenance recorded :(
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No, afraid not - just checked King in Jashemski’s volume. “Likely to have been an exotic pet”.
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