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I have an essential question for you: if Rome was furries, what would the predominant species be? Got into an argument with someone about this once.

Well, the Roman Empire was multi-ethnic, so in a furry au I’d expect lots of different species. But I imagine certain provinces / regions would probably have a predominant indigenous species or two as follows:

Italy - predominantly wolves, but a high proportion of eagles among certain patrician families

If by your question you meant the city of Rome and its earliest inhabitants: I vote wolves. I think the part of the founding myth involving the suckling of Romulus and Remus by a she-wolf makes this clear. I can see why one might argue for eagles, but if Romulus were not a mammal, sucking wolf tiddy doesn’t make sense.

Gaul - boars and horses

Britannia - red scalies

Iberia - bovines, Iberian lynx

Egypt - predominantly felines, but many other minority groups: crocodiles, hippos, jackals, vultures, ibises, falcons, et alii

North Africa - North African elephants, with a Barbary Macaque minority, among the indigenous furries. See the Levant for Carthaginians.

Levant - dromedary camel, oryx, ibex

Asia Minor - wild goats, Asiatic lions

Greece - … really not sure about this one. Given the myth about Dionysus turning pirates into dolphins and dolphins as the “national animal” of modern Greece, it seems like dolphins might be a good candidate but idk. I would expect a lot of owls in Athens, for example. I feel like there’s a more appropriate candidate for the national fursona of Greece but I can’t think of it.

Thrace - horses, unequivocally

Illyricum - mustelids (weasels, badgers, otters, martens, minks, polecats etc.)

#atamajakki #ask #ancient rome au #furry au #to those wondering:#i am not a furry but i am an observer of their culture on the internet #anyhow this may not be a comprehensive list so feel free to add suggestions

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