The relations between Greek and Roman culture constituted a continuous exchange since the Roman expansion into the Eastern Mediterranean area in the second century BC. One aspect of this phenomenon is the reception of Greek education and its visual presence in Roman world, which moved between contentual integration and amateurish dabbling. The main focus of this study is on depictions en miniature, among which carved stones play a pre-eminent role. They are analyzed under iconographic and typological as well as historico-cultural aspects. In this context, the question of their qualities as a cultural expression of certain notions of Greek education in a graphic transformation of the discourse around paideia is of central importance.

Der Band versammelt 28 Beiträge, in denen das komplexe Phänomen des antiken Porträts von führenden Fachvertretern in großer chronologischer und thematischer Breite beleuchtet wird. Berücksichtigung findet der gesamte Mittelmeerraum von der Iberischen Halbinsel bis zur Levante.