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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Duma
Duma: oasis halfway between the Gulf of Aqaba and southern Babylonia, modern Al-Jawf. The Assyrian attack the Arabs Duma, known to the…
Dunaújváros, Relief of Gaius Mucius Scaevola |
Dur Untaš (Choga Zanbil)
Dur Untaš: name of an Elamite town, famous for it ziggurat, modern Choga Zanbil. Southwestern access to the ziggurat The ziggurat of…Dur-Šarrukin (Khorsabad)
Dur-Šarrukin: one of the capitals of ancient Assyria, founded by king Sargon II (r.721-705) but soon abandoned, modern Khorsabad. Khorsabad, Two…Dura Europos
Dura Europos (Greek Δοῦρα Εὐρωπός): Seleucid and Roman city on the west bank of the Euphrates.History Dura Europos, Temple of Mithras,…Dura Europos, Museum
Museum of the excavation: Macedonian, Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman finds. There are 2 items in Dura Europos, Museum: …Durnomagus (Dormagen)
Durnomagus: Roman fort in Germania Inferior. Face mask of a cavalry helmet Durnomagus was first occupied by the Roman First Legion Germanica,…Durocortorum (Reims)
Durocortorum: town of the tribe of the Remi, Roman capital of Gallia Belgica, modern Reims.History Model of Roman Reims Oppidum in northern Gaul of…Durostorum (Silistra)
Durostorum: Roman legionary base and town on the Lower Danube, Byzantine episcopal see (modern Silistra).History Byzantine basilica; Danube in the background 29…Dutch Language
Dutch: language from Northwestern Europe, derived from ancient Frankish. Today, it is the main language in the Netherlands and Flanders, but it is also spoken in Surinam and on several Caribean islands. It is closely related to South-African.Origin …
Düver, Phrygo-Achaemenid antefix with horseman and griffin |
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