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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Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas ("knock-knees") (c.319-239): king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 283-239.Relatives Antigonus II Gonatas Father: Demetrius Poliorcetes Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater) Wife: Phila…
Antigonus II Gonatas |
Antigonus III Doson
Antigonus III Doson: king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 229-221.Relatives Father: Demetrius the Fair (son of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Ptolemais) Mother: Olympias of Larisa Wife: Phthia (widow of Demetrius II) Main deeds …Antigonus Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382-301): officer in the army of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi. His surname means "one eyed".Relatives Father: Philip Wife: Stratonice, daughter of Corrhaeus Sons: Philip (c.350-306); Demetrius Poliorcetes (c.337-283) Main deeds 382: Born Companion of king Philip II of Macedonia 336: Assassination of Philip…
The road to Damascus through the Antilebanon |
Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Nilotic scene (including nilometer) |
Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Praying man with candelaber and ankh |
Antioch (Antakya)
Antioch: capital of ancient Syria, modern Antakya in Turkey. Antioch on the Peutinger Map Antioch was probably founded in 307 BCE as Antigoneia…
Antioch, Judgment of Paris |
Antioch, Mosaic of an Amazonomachy |
Antioch, Mosaic of Heracles strangling two snakes |
Antioch, Museum
A very large museum with many mosaics and some sculpture, including a splendid sarcophagus. When I visited the place for the last time, parts of the museum were closed because it was moving to another location in a different part…