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SeparateexpressionsofgratitudeareduetoProfessorJanProstko-
ProstyńskifromtheDepartmentofSourceStudiesandAuxiliaryHistorical
SciencesattheInsituteofHistory,AdamMickiewiczUniversityinPoznań.
Inthisstudy,Ireliedonhiscriticalobservationsmadewhileconsultingthe
entireworkandnumerousdetailedissueswhichtheaddresses.
Atmanystagesofmyresearch,IreceivedsupportfromProfessorKazi-
mierzIlski,currentlytheDeanoftheFacultyofHistoricalStudiesattheAMU.
Itwashewhoinitiatedthelong-term,fruitfulandcontinuingcollaboration
withPolishhistoriansofantiquityandtheByzantineperiod,whichbrought
forththeideaofthisbook.
IamalsogratefultomycolleaguesfrommyhomeDepartmentandthe
FacultyofLawandAdministration,AMU.ProfesorWojciechDajczak,head
oftheDepartment,notonlysecondedmystudiesbutalsoassistedmein
sustainingtheircorrespondencewiththeprincipalcurrentsofRomanstud-
ieswhilehelpingtoretainscientificindependence;Ialsobenefitedgreatly
fromhisthoroughreviewofthePolishedition,whichhedraftedaspartof
thepost-doctoraldegreeproceedings.Iwasalsosupportedbyothermem-
bersofDepartment,ProfessorsEwaBorkowska-Bagieńska,AndrzejGulczyń-
skiandWładysławRozwadowski,aswellasdoctors-AnnaPlisecka
andWojciechSzafrański.ProfessorsHenrykOlszewskiandMariaZmier-
czakprovidedmewithvaluableguidelinesandsuggestions,especiallywith
regardtomethodologicalissues.
Creationofthisbookwouldnothavebeenfeasiblewithoutthecoopera-
tionwithresearchersfromscientificcentresinPolandandabroad.Inthis
respect,IcannotfailtomentionProfessorsTimothyD.Barnes,Johannes
Koder,MaciejKokoszka,RafałKosiński,FranciscoBeltránLloris,RudolfMey-
er-Pritzl,LeszekMrozewicz,SzymonOlszaniec,ClaudiaRapp,MaciejSala-
mon,FranciscoJavierAndrésSantos,MichałStachuraandMariaStassino-
poulu,aswellasyoungercolleagues-AndreasGkoutziokostas,Paweł
Filipczak,AndrzejKompa,JuliuszRogowski,AdamŚwiętoń,andPaulina
Święcicka.
Anotherelementwhichprovedindispensableforthisworkwerestays
abroadfundedbytheLanckorońskiFoundationaswellasresearchgrants
andfellowshipsinPolishandinternationalcentresofresearch(including
Kiel,London,Rome,Thessaloniki,Valladolid,ViennaandZaragoza).Inpar-
ticular,theresearchatthelibrariesoftheAmericanAcademyinRome,Ecole
FrançaisedeRome,DeutschesArchäologischesInstitutinRome,Institutfür
ByzantinistikundNeogräzistikinViennaaswellasthelibrariesatthe
ChristianAlbrechtUniversitätzuKielyieldedimmensebenefits.Invaluable
insightswerealsogainedattheRafałTaubenschlagLibraryofPapyrology,
RomanandAntiqueLaw,whoseresourcesIwasabletouseonmultiple
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