The power which the Hellenes and even the Italians possessed, of civilizing and assimilating to themselves the nations susceptible of culture with whom they came into contact, was wholly wanting in the Phoenicians.
assimilate civilize contact
Theodor Mommsen
These are some quotes by German author Theodor Mommsen Historian, who lived between November 30, 1817 and November 1, 1903.
