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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Caligula
Caligula: emperor of the Roman world (37-41). Caligula Names: 31 August 12 CE: Gaius Caesar Germanicus Autumn 14: nickname Caligula ('soldier's boot') 18 March 37:…
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Caligula |
Callimachus
Callimachus (first half third century BCE): Greek poet and scholar, born in Cyrene, living in Alexandria. Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Bust from…Callisthenes of Olynthus
Callisthenes of Olynthus (ca.370-327): early biographer of Alexander the Great. Aristotle, Callisthenes' teacher When Alexander, the young king of Macedonia, invaded Asia…Calo
Calo: unidentified Roman fort, part of the Rhine limes.Calo was a fort of a Roman cavalry squadron, halfway between Xanten and Moers-Asberg. Although the military settlement is mentioned in our sources, it is still unidentified. As the Rhine is a…Cambyses I
Cambyses (Old Persian Kambujiya): son of king Cyrus of Anšan, member of the Achaemenid dynasty, ruling as king in Anšan, the central part of Persia. In the first half of the sixth century BCE, Persia was subjected to the Medes,…Cambyses II
Cambyses: second king of the ancient Achaemenid Empire (ruled 530-522). In 525, he conquered Egypt.Early career Achaemenid nobleman Cambyses was the oldest…Cambyses II (2)
The madness of Cambyses Map of Lower Egypt Although Cambyses had reduced the temple taxes, he did his best to behave as…
Cameo of Alexander and Olympias |
Campana plate with a Nilotic scene |
Campana plate with a Nilotic scene |