Alice White
#10 Animals were brought to the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century BC. e.
#11 Prior to this, the commander’s legions landed on the territory of Britain, where they met with huge dogs.
According to the Roman soldiers, the animals resembled lions in their size and were distinguished by an equally ferocious disposition.
#12 These dogs are descended from the Babylonian Mastiffs, who came to Britain with Phoenician merchants long before the rise of the all-powerful empire.
