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Insteadofaforeword
TepresentstudywasinitiatedalongtimeagoattheUniver-
sityofMarburganderLahnundertheauspicesoftheAlexander
vonHumboldtFoundationandwiththeinvaluableencourage-
mentofProf.Dr.Hans-AlbertRupprecht.Testudywascontinued
attheUniversityofWarsawandattheInstituteforAdvancedStudy
inPrincetonunderthepatronageofProfessorGlenW.Bowersock,
withtheessentialinclusionoftheresultsoftheauthor)sresearchin
Alexandria.TefirstversionofthetextinPolishwaspresentedfor
habilitationattheHistoricalFacultyoftheUniversityofWarsaw.
TeHabilitationsschrifwasreviewedbyProfessorsIzaBieżuńska-
MałowistoftheUniversityofWarsaw,MariaJaczynowskaofthe
NicolausCopernicusUniversityinToruń,andJosephMélèzeModrze-
jewskioftheSorbonne.TehabilitationpaperentitledAegyptiaca
Antoniniana.DziałalnośćKarakalliwEgipcie(215-216),aprinted
matteroftheHistoricalFacultyoftheUniversityofWarsawof1993,
wasnotaregularbook,hadnoISBNnumber,andwasneveravailable
inbookstores.Itisonlykeptinafewuniversitylibraries.Anextractof
threechaptersofthatPolishtextintheauthor)stranslationintoEnglish
waslaterprintedinalimitednumberofcopiesbytheDepartmentof
PapyrologyoftheUniversityofWarsawasaninternalpaperunder
thetitleCaracallaPhilosarapis.ObservationsonCaracalla’svisittothe
SarapeumofAlexandria(A.D.215-216),Warszawa1998.Alsothattext
hadnocommercialdistributionwhatsoeverandishardlyavailable.
TatstudytooknowtheformofthepresentbookinEnglish
(withallunavoidabledeficienciesduetothefactthattheauthorisnot
anativespeakerofthelanguage),whichisthefirstregularandcomplete