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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Maximalists and Minimalists
Maximalism and Minimalism: labels for two opinions about the relation between written evidence and archaeology, which sometimes are conflicting. The expressions are used when discussing the past of ancient Israel, but similar debates are known in Roman, Greek, and Iranian…Maximian
Maximian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 285-305 and 306-308). Maximian Names: 21 July 250 (?): full name unknown Oktober 285: Proclaimed caesar by…Maximinus Daia
Maximinus Daia: emperor of the Roman world (r. 310-313).Names: 20 November 270(??): real name unknown 1 May 305: Galerius Valerius Maximinus Caesar Iovius 1 May 310: Imperator Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximinus Augustus Persicus (312), Sarmaticus (313), Germanicus (313) August 313: natural death nickname: Daia Relatives: children: Maximus, and…Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus Thrax: emperor of the Roman world (r. 235-238). Maximinus Thrax Names: ±172: Gaius Julius Maximinus (?) February 235: Imperator Caesar Gaius Julius Verus…
Maximinus Thrax |
Bronze Age cylinder seal |
Relief of a Hellenistic soldier |
Mazaeus
Mazaeus (c.385-328): Persian nobleman, played an important role during the conquest of the Achaemenid empire by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great. …Meander (Büyük Menderes)
Meander (Greek: Μαίανδρος): longest river in western Turkey, well known - already in Antiquity - for its fluvial deposits. Statue of…
Meander and Mycale |
Meander, Delta |
Fishermen in the Meander |