Jona Lendering
Jona Lendering read history at Leiden University (MA 1993), specialized in Mediterranean culture at the Amsterdam Free University (MA 1996), and worked at excavations in Holland (Riethoven) and Greece (Halos). After teaching historical theory and ancient history at the Free University for several years, he was one of the founders of a school for history teaching, Livius Onderwijs. Born in Amsterdam, it has now spread to auxiliary locations in Bussum, Dronten, Gouda, Haarlem, Hoorn, Schagen, Zaanstad, and Zoetermeer. As of 2013, Livius Onderwijs has eight teachers, about 500-600 students a year, and offers tours to countries like Italy, Turkey, Iran, and Lebanon. The field trips help to etch into the students' minds some of what they've learned at the school.
Because history is for a large part telling a story, something you do best in your own language, Lendering prefers to publish in Dutch journals. However, he has contributed to the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Ancient Warfare, while he is the founder of Ancient History Magazine. He is also the publisher and editor of the on-line publication of the Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period, a set of important cuneiform sources for the history of the Seleucid and Parthian Near East, transcribed, translated and commented on by Bert van der Spek of the Free University Amsterdam and Irving Finkel of the British Museum. A publication as book is in preparation.
Lendering has written several books and maintains a blog in Dutch. He is the author of several books, including Edge of Empire and Consensus and Crises. For the Livius website, which has received several awards, he collaborates closely with Bill Thayer of LacusCurtius. Lendering is also the webmaster of two daily blogs, the MainzerBeobachter.com and Grondslagen.net.
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"Ambiorix' Treasure"
"Treasure of Ambiorix": modern name of a treasure of ancient coins from 60-50 BCE. It is named after the leader of the Eburones, Ambiorix, and can be seen in the Gallo-Romeins Museum at Tongeren (Belgium). …"Celtic Fields"
Celtic Field: small, square or rectancular field, used to produce wheat or spelt. In spite of their name, Celtic Fields have little to do with the Celts: they were in use from the Early Bronze Age until the Roman period.…"Immortals"
Immortals: Greek name for an elite regiment in the ancient Achaemenid empire. Immortal (Susa) In his description of the battle of Thermopylae…"Laodice"
"Laodice" (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Mithridates II of Pontus.Relatives Father: Antiochus II Theos Mother: Laodice I Husband: Mithridates II of Pontus Children: Laodice III; another Laodice; Mithridates III of Pontus (?) Main deeds In 245, Laodice I and her son Seleucus II…"Pontes Longi"
Pontes longi ("long bridges"): Latin expression to describe wooden roads built in bogs. In British English, they are called toghers, in American plankroads or corduroy roads. …Treasury of the Corinthians
Treasury of the Corinthians: small monument in Delphi containing the gifts to Apollo from (among others) the people from Corinth. Model…1 Enoch
The First book of Enoch is one of the Old Testament pseudepigrapha, in other words, a composition attributed to a personage from the Hebrew Bible, but not included in either the Jewish or the Christian Bible. …Castalian Spring
Castalian Spring: source near the sanctuary of Delphi, dedicated to the god Apollo and the Muses. Castalian Spring The Castalian Spring in…11th Dynasty (Upper Egypt)
Eleventh Dynasty: name of the first kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".General situation Egypt was, after the demise of the Old Kingdom, divided until it was reunited by the Eleventh Dynasty, which had started as the local dynasty in Thebes. MEMPHIS HERACLEOPOLIS THEBES Eleventh Dynasty (c.2140-c.2000) Ninth and Tenth Dynasties (c.2175-c.2140) Seventh…12th Dynasty
Twelfth Dynasty: name of the main dynasty of kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".Summary Senusret I After a crisis in the Eleventh Dynasty, king…13th Dynasty
Thirteenth Dynasty: name of the last dynasty of kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".Summary Sobekhotep V After the splendor of the Twelfth Dynasty, there…14th Dynasty (Lower Egypt)
Fourteenth Dynasty: one of the dynasties of Egypt's Second Intermediary Period, in control of Lower Egypt.Summary During the Thirteenth Dynasty, Egypt loses control of Nubia, and the residence moves from Itj-tawy (unknown) to Thebes In the Second Intermediary Period, Lower Egypt is…