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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Legio II Flavia Constantia

Legio II Flavia Constantia: one of the legions of the later Roman empire. Its name means "the reliable Flavian legion", but the element constantia is also a reference to the emperor Constantius I Chlorus. …

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Legio II Italica

Legio II Italica Pia: one of the Roman legions. Its name means "the faithful Italian legion", although it may also mean "the Italian legion of Pius" - a reference to the late emperor Antoninus Pius. …

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Legio II Parthica

Legio II Parthica: one of the Roman legions. Its name indicates that it was recruited to fight against the Parthians, but it usually was Rome's strategical reserve, stationed in Italy. …

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Legio III Augusta

Legio III Augusta: one of the Roman legions. Its name means "the legion of Augustus", but contains a pun on "august legion". It was Rome's main garrison in Africa. …

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