Already in archaic Athens herms can play not only a cult role, but also social and didactic. In Rome herms of philosophers, sages, politicians, demonstrated contradictory unity of wisdom and historical completeness of philosophical tradition - from Greece to Rome. They had not only aesthetic, but also ethical, behavioral and even ≪mnemonic≫ value. Double herm of Socrates and Seneca allows us to identify possible ways in which a ≪visual systematization≫ of moral philosophical heritage had place in the late Roman culture.