Kulinganiselwa ukuthi kukhona amakati angaba ngu-300 000 eRoma. Umkhandlu wedolobha usekela amakati njengengxenye yefa lasendulo laseRoma. Ngo-2001 amakati ahlala eColiseum, iForamu naseTorre Argentina abizwa ngokusemthethweni njengengxenye ye "bio-heritage" yedolobha.
I-Torre Argentina ne-Cat Sanctuary
Amakati atshwa ngezikhathi ezibucayi yi-Gatta yokuphanga, noma "I-Cat Women." Esikhathini esidala, ikati yayiyigugu kakhulu ekuvikeleni isintu ngokubhekene nezifo ezithwala izintambo ezifana nesifo.
Enye indlela abantu abasebenzisana ngayo namakati aseRoma ayingqungqutheleni eyingqayizivele lapho uKesari ebulawa khona ngo-44 BC, iTorre Argentina, indawo engcwele enamathempeli okuqala aseRoma. Kwaqala ukukhishwa ngo-1929.
Amakati athunyelwe evikini elivikelwe ngezansi-emgwaqweni ngemuva nje - okumele alandelwe yi "gattare," okudumile kunazo zonke kwakuyizinkanyezi zaseTaliyane, u-Anna Magnani.
I-Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary yaqala kamuva endaweni evuliwe ngaphansi komgwaqo eyayisetshenziswa njengendawo yokukhosela ebusuku yamakati kanye nendawo yokugcina yokudla. Ngomnikelo wokuvakashela izivakashi kanye nokuzikhandla kwezimali, indlu engcwele yaba yinto yokusebenza, ihlinzekela amakati ngokudla, ukugawula kanye nokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezokwelapha ngenkathi ikwabelana ngemali nezindlu ezingcwele ezibhekene neRoma lapho zitholakala.