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These conference proceedings contain an introduction [Flecker], 13 papers, a summary [Flecker, Haug], and an appendix of colour plates. The contributions deal with beauty and mass production and the aesthetics of Samian ware [Grüner], pairs of silver luxury goblets as possible models for Italian sigillata [Hildebrandt], Samian ware from Pisa [Menchelli, Sangriso], Scoppieto [Bergamini u. a.], Pozzuoli [Soricelli], and Ariano Ferrarese [Lodi], the Battle of Actium and its protagonists as a motif of Arretine pottery [Marabini Moevs], the myth of Hercules and Omphale in the imagery of Roman legionaries and the potential and limitations of interpretations regarding representations of ancient myths [Ellinghaus], the legibility of shaping with regard to Italian sigillata [Lang], the Terra sigillata norditalica decorata and the purely decorative side of Italian relief pottery by examples from Adria, Celje, and the Magdalensberg [Schindler-Kaudelka et al.], the iconography and use contexts of Italian sigillata in northern Africa [Ardeleanu], clothing on Italian and Gaulish Samian ware [Lieb] as well as epigraphic stamps on Eastern Sigillata A and B [Bes].