Cartagena Roman Spain: Carthage vs Rome

I'm deep inside the ruins of the Roman Forum in Cartagena, Spain. This was New Carthage (Carthago Nova). The sight of 2000-year-old amphorae, mosaics, and Corinthian columns is mind-blowing. Ancient lewd graffiti on the walls reflects the phallocratic obsessions of the average classical Roman. Two stories above us, in the modern city, a Spanish waiter yells at someone in an even lewder tone, invoking the same phalluses that the classical Romans scratched in stone 2000 years ago. The more time changes, the more it stays the same.