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:
Bu Njem Inscriptions
Gholaia: Roman fort, part of the Limes Tripolitanus, modern Bu Njem.The following inscriptions were found in Bu Njem. They are known to scholars as AE 1988, 1102; CIL 8, 10992; AE 1979, 645. The many erasures betray the Damnatio Memoriae of Geta…Bu Njem Ostraca
Gholaia: Roman fort, part of the Limes Tripolitanus, modern Bu Njem. The nomads have arrived, bringing four asses and two Egyptians carrying letters to you and to Gtasazeihemus Opter, and a runaway slave. It is just a notice, scribbled on a potsherd from Bu…
Bu Njem, dedication to Septimius Severus and sons (some names erased) |
Bu Njem, Inscription from the Ammon temple |
Bu Njem, Sanctuary, Head of a war goddess |
Bubastis, Relief of Chnum |
Bucarest, National History Museum of Romania
The national archaeological collection of Romania. Includes objects from Prehistory, the Getae (a Thracian nation), the Greek inhabitants of the shores of the Black Sea, the Scythian and Celtic invaders, and the Dacian kingdom. Also includes the Roman province of…Budapest, Aquincumi Múzeum
Nice collection of finds from the excavations of Aquincum. There's an old museum building, a bit to the north, with nice inscriptions. There are 12 items in Budapest, Aquincumi…Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
In the basement, the Hungarian National Museum has a very large "lapidarium", i.e., a collection of Roman inscriptions and reliefs. The museum also has a great collection of finds belonging to the Romans, Gepids, Huns, and Avars. …Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts
This museum has, among other collections, a fine collection of Greek and Roman pottery and sculpture. There are 13 items in Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts: …
The Danube in Budapest |
Buffalo and antelope |