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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Opus Africanum
Opus Africanum: modern name for an ancient building technique. Opus Africanum in Bulla Regia The type of masonry shown in the photos…
The cemetery of Odigram and the Ora fort |
The ancient market near the mountain fort of Ora |
Ora (Odigram) (327/326 BCE)
Ora: Indian mountain fort, captured by Alexander the Great, modern Odigram. The cemetery of Odigram and the Ora fort The enormous ancient…Oracle
Oracle: ancient sanctuary where the people could ask advise from a deity. The response is also called an oracle. Delphi A short…Oracle of Ammon
Siwa, entrance to the oracle There are several ancient monuments in the oasis of Siwa. The main sanctuary, the oracle, can…Oradea, Ţării Crişurilor Museum Complex
Large museum with an archaeological department There are 1 items in Oradea, Ţării Crişurilor Museum Complex: …Orality
Orality: the way in which information spreads through (predominantly) illiterate societies. The study of oral literature has helped classicists and historians to evaluate the origins of their information.In the early twentieth century, scholars studying the formal characteristics of ancient texts,…
Orange, Arch, model |
Orange, Musee d'Orange
Historical museum with an archaeological collection. The Roman land registry is unique in the world. There are 2 items in Orange, Musee d'Orange: …Orchestra
Orchestra (Greek: ὀρχήστρα): the (semi)circular center of a Greek or Roman theater or odeon. The orchestra of the theater of Salamis Originally,…
Orchomenos, Tombstone of a Roman girl |