01UndatedLittle do we find any Phoenician architecture or plastic art at all comparable even to those of Italy, to say nothing of the lands where art was native.Theodor Mommsen / quote ↗
02UndatedAn independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.Theodor Mommsen / quote ↗