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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Mons Ater (Gebel as-Soda)
Gebel as-Soda: the "black mountain", a part of the Libyan desert, in Antiquity known as Mons Ater. Gebel as-Soda The Gebel as-Soda…
Montuhotep II wearing the red deshret crown |
Moresby, Dedication to Hadrian by XX Valeria Victrix |
Morken, Reconstruction of a Frankish chief |
Morlanwelz, Musée de Mariemont
About a year ago, I visited the exposition on the Celts in the Musée de Mariemont in Morlanweltz, which is east of Charleroi in Belgium. The exposition dealt with the ethnogenesis of the Celts in Bohemia, and also deals with…Moses of Chorene
Moses of Chorene: author of an influential History of Armenia. Manuscript of the "History of the Armenians" by Moses of Chorene In…Moses of Crete
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Moses of Crete (448 CE) Source: Socrates, History…
Frontispiece of "Reizen over Moskovië" (second edition) |
Mosul Museum
Archaeological museum with finds from the ancient Assyrian capitals (Nineveh, Nimrud...) and Hatra. There was also a collection of Islamic art. The museum was destroyed by terrorists in 2014-2015. …Mothax
Mothax: type of citizen in ancient Sparta.Ancient Sparta was famous for its warriors, the Spartiates, who had received a full military training (agoge) and were considered to be the elite of the city-state. The Spartiates, however, were not the only…Motya
Motya: Phoenician city on an island in the west of Sicily, modern Mozia. Map of Motya The Phoenician town Motya, founded in…Motya - Excavation
Motya: Phoenician city on an island in the west of Sicily, modern Mozia.Military Structures The structures known as the casermette were perhaps a military building and are sometimes identified as barracks. They are in the southern part of the island, close to the…