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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Masjid-e Solaiman, Statue of Heracles |
Masjid-e Solaiman, Terrace from the north |
Masjid-e Solaiman, Terrace wall |
Mask of a German |
Massaga (Chakdara)
Massaga: town in the Swat valley, captured by Alexander the Great. Churchill's Picket After the conquest of the Aspasians along the Kunar…Massagetes
Massagetes (Greek Μασσαγέτας): a nomad tribe in Central Asia. Portrait of a warrior The Massagetes were an ancient tribe in Central Asia, mentioned…Massinissa
Massinissa (c.241-148): king of the Massylians in Numidia (202-148). Coin of Massinissa When Massinissa was born, Numidia (more or less the north…Mastanabal
Mastanabal: Numidian prince and king (ruling after 148 BCE), son of Massinissa, brother of Micipsa and Gulussa.Micipsa was the third son of king Massinissa of the Massylian (eastern) Numidians. When this king died in the spring of 148 BCE,note[Livy, Periochae 50.7.] the…
Matei, Necklace made of Phoenician glass |
Mathišta
Mathišta ("the greatest"): probably the title of the man who had appointed as the successor of the king in the Persian empire. …Matidia the Elder
Matidia the Elder (c.65 - 119 CE): name of a Roman princess, related to the emperor Trajan.Life Matidia Before 67, probably 4…Matilo (Leiden-Roomburg)
Matilo: Roman fort, part of the limes in Germania Inferior, modern Leiden. Roman cavalry mask, called "Gordon" Matilo was built at the…