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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Anreppen
Anreppen: site of a Roman military base on the banks of the river Lippe. The Lippe near Anreppen After 15 BCE, the Roman…
Anreppen, Excavation of the east gate |
Anreppen, Site of the southeast wall |
Anšan (Tell Malyan)
Anšan: Bronze Age settlement in Iran, now known as Tell Malyan and Tall-e Malyan. Although the site was abandoned in the Middle Elamite period, the title King of Anšan remained in use to describe the most powerful ruler in this…
Ansesina, Les Roises, Tomb of a child |
Antalya, Archaeological Museum
To be honest, I was not looking forward to the archaeological museum of Antalya. My friend Marco and I had been there before, in 2003, and although we were impressed by the collection of sculpture, we agreed that the entrance…
Lycian tomb |
Antandrus (Altınoluk)
Antandrus: port in the southern Troad, modern Altınoluk. The coast at Antandrus It is not clear who founded the Greek city of…
The coast at Antandrus |
Anthemius
Anthemius: emperor of the West-Roman empire (r. 467-472). Anthemius Names: c.420: Procopius Anthemius 12 April 467: recognized as emperor by the Senate 11 July 472:…
Anthemius |
Antigonids
Antigonids: Macedonian dynasty, ruling Macedonia from 294 to 168 BCE. Demetrius Poliorcetes The Antigonid family rose to power in the years after…