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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Leo I |
Leo II
Leo II: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (474).Names: Leo II c.468: full name unknown 18 January 474: recognized as emperor 17 November 474:…
Leo II |
Leonidas
Leonidas (Greek Λεωνίδας): king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty (r.488-480), killed in action in the battle of Thermopylae. Accession Sparta, Temple of…Leonnatus
Leonnatus (356-322): one of the officers of Alexander the Great, saved his king's life in India and played a minor role in the wars of the Diadochi.Leonnatus was the son of Anteas, a member of the royal house of Lyncestis,…Lepcis Magna: Punic City
Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (r.193-211).Origin …Lepcis Magna: Romanization
Civil wars Portrait of a lady, perhaps Isis By the end of the second century BCE, Lepcis had become part of the…Lepcis Magna: Golden Age
The Flavians Venus (Hadrianic Baths) In one aspect, Vespasian was the not the successor of Nero, but of Claudius: he was just…Lepcis Magna: Late Antiquity
Crisis Dedication to Arcadius (Severan Forum) After the reign of Septimius Severus, there is a sudden decline in urban investment. There are…
Lepcis, Amphitheater |
Lepcis Magna, Amphitheater
Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (r.193-211).Amphitheater …
Lepcis, Amphitheater, inscription of Septimius Severus, Caracalla and (erased) Geta |