One of the most important forms of senatorial representation was a monument embellished with an inscription. Both inscription and monument were always intimately related, so that epigraphy and the study of ancient history are challenged to work more closely with archaeology. Only in this way is it possible to establish a correct understanding of how senators represented themselves. Therefore, the articles collected in this volume create, among other things, the basis for a new viewpoint of the social and cultural history of the senatorial order under the Roman Empire.

W. Eck, W. Ameling und J. Heinrichs, Universität zu Köln.