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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Antonius Primus
Antonius PrimusAntwerp
Antwerp: large city in Belgium with a couple of Roman remains. Semini: a rare Roman relief from Antwerp Because the terrain has…
Semini: a rare Roman relief from Antwerp |
Aornus (326 BCE)
Aornus (Old Indian Āvárana, "hiding place"): giant fortress near the Indus, captured by Alexander the Great. The Indus and the Aornus, seen…
The Indus and the Aornus, seen from the north |
The Indus and the Aornus from the southeast |
Apame I
Apame I: Iranian lady, wife of Seleucus I Nicator, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Spitamenes, one of the leaders of the Iranian resistance against the Macedonian conquest Husband: Seleucus I Nicator Children: Antiochus I Soter Main deeds 324: During the Susa weddings, Apame marries…Apame II
Apame II (first half third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of Magas of Cyrene.Relatives Father: Antiochus I Soter Mother: Stratonice I (daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila) Husband: Magas of Cyrene Children: Berenice II Main deeds c.275: Marriage to Magas of Cyrene, stepbrother of king Ptolemy…Apame III
Apame III: Macedonian lady, wife of king Prusias I the Lame of Bithynia.Relatives Father: Demetrius II of Macedonia Mother: Phthia Husband: Prusias I of Bithynia (regnal years: c.230-c.182) Son: Prusias II the Hunter (regnal years: c.182-c.149)Apamea
Apamea: Hellenistic city in Syria.Hellenistic City Hellenistic citadel Apamea, situated in the plain of the Orontes, consisted of a straight and wide…
Apamea, Byzantine Palace, Hunters Mosaic |
Apamea, Colonnaded Street |