Miron Wolny – PhD with ‘habilitation’, Professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, completed his PhD in Gdańsk. His research interests include the history of the Hellenistic states, Carthage and their relations with Rome, and lately also the problem of the reception of antiquity in European culture. Among his publications, there are the monographs:Hannibal w Italii (218–217 p.n.e.). Studia nad uwarunkowaniami początkowych sukcesów kartagińskich (Olsztyn 2007), and Studia nad statusem i kompetencjami dowódców kartagińskich w okresie przewagi Barkidów (237–201 p.n.e.) (Oświęcim 2016); the works he edited and co-edited: Propaganda władzy w świecie rzymskim (Olsztyn 2012), Paradoksologia w starożytności i średniowieczu (Olsztyn 2016).