I’ve been listening to the history of Rome podcast and was looking up some stuff on Hannibal when I noticed a bust made of him looks like a Greek or Roman instead of someone from Northern Africa. Were the Phoenicians Mediterranean by descent like the Greeks or were they from Africa?

I’m just wondering if this is similar to why all the depictions of Jesus are that of an Italian man.

Also, a follow up question: did the Romans have issues with racism like we do in the modern world or was it just classist?