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.
There are 9380 items in Jona Lendering:
Blariacum (Blerick)
Blariacum: road-house on the Peutinger map, modern Blerick in the Netherlands.Blariacum is mentioned as a road-house on the Peutinger map and can be identified with modern Blerick. It is situated on the west bank of the Meuse and was situated…Böbingen an der Rems
Böbingen an der Rems: town in Germany, where a Roman castellum was excavated. Also known as Unterböbingen. Böbingen, wall This little ruin of…
Böbingen, Limes fort, Wall and gate |
Bócsa, Horn from the tomb of an Avar prince |
Bodegraven
Bodegraven: fortified bridge in the Roman Rhine limes. Roman helmet The road from Zwammerdam to Woerden along the frontier river Rhine crossed…
Bodegraven, Armwreath |
Bodegraven, Curse tablet |
Bodegraven, Roman helmet |
Bodrum, Museum of the Mausoleum
A couple of finds from the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, some sculpture, and a nice exhibition that explains how scholars have tried to reconstruct the monument. There are 2 items…Bodrum, Museum of Underwater Archaeology
In 2003, I visited Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus, for the first time, and to be honest: it’s a bit of a disappointment. Back then, there were few tourists, but today, the streets are crowded with people, and that changes everything. Nevertheless,…
Bodrum, Representation of Saint Nicholas |
Boeotia
Boeotia (Greek: Βοιωτία): landscape in Central Greece, with several towns and capital Thebes. Head of Dionysus Boeotia is separated from Attica in…