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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Oxus (Amudar'ya)
Oxus: Greek name of a river in Central-Asia, now known as Amudar'ya. The river Oxus Although its real ancient name, Waxš, means…
A Magian (Oxus Treasure) |
Oxyathres
Oxyathres (Old Persian Vaxšuvarda; c.375-after 324): brother of the last king of the Achaemenid Empire, Darius III Codomannus, and courtier of Alexander the Great. …
Oxyrhynchus, Relief of four men and a crocodile |
Pacorus I
Pacorus I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.41-38?). A Parthian Since 57 BCE, Orodes II had been ruler of the Parthian Empire.…Pacorus II
Pacorus II: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.78-105). A Parthian In 78 CE, the Parthian king Vologases Idied. He was succeeded by…Pacorus
Pacorus: little-known king of Armenia (r. c.150 - 162 CE), probably from the Arsacid dynasty.To us, king of Pacorus of Armenia is merely a name. According to the Historia Augusta, the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r.138-161), appointed this Pacorus king of the Lazi,…Pactolus (Sart Çayı)
Pactolus: little river in western Turkey (modern Sart Çayı), famous because it contained gold. Pactolus The river Pactolus has become famous because it…Paeones
Paeones (Greek Παίονες) or Paeonians: mixed Thracian-Illyrian nation, living on the banks of the upper reaches of the rivers Axius and Strymon.Country Looking…Paišiyâuvâdâ
Paišiyâuvâdâ: the town where a Magian named Gaumâta raised a rebellion against the Achaemenid king Cambyses (Spring 522 BCE). Geological layers,…Palermo, Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas
Large collection of archaeological objects from western Sicily. There are 14 items in Palermo, Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas: …Palimpsest
Palimpsest: a piece of writing material, usually parchment or leather, from which a text has been eraded to reuse it for another text. Sometimes, the first text remains legible.Ancient writing materials were precious, especially parchment. When a text was no longer needed, a…