[Verginius Rufus]

Yes, I think that it's thought that the cat was first domesticated in Egypt or somewhere in that area, but that's much earlier.

Herodotus has some amusing material on Egyptians' attitudes about cats. He says that if a house catches on fire, they don't try to put out the fire, but instead try to prevent any cats from running inside the house (which they supposedly tried to do).

I think a lot of mummified cats have been found from ancient Egypt.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I believe cats have not been domesticated as long as dogs. We have three cats and they don't like it when we go away for a weekend. They are very attached to their people.