The past is a really foreign land. We don't know too much how the Phonecians viewed race and culture, but the Romans had a very different view to us. To them th

The past is a really foreign land. We don't know too much how the Phonecians viewed race and culture, but the Romans had a very different view to us. To them the idea that being Roman had something to do with what you looked like rather than what you believed and what paperwork you had would have been crazy. This culture first view did have a downside in the way they viewed and supported slavery.