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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Palmyra
Palmyra or Tadmor: oasis in the desert between Damascus and the Euphrates, important trade center, and capital of a semi-indepent state in the third century CE.Bronze Age …Palmyra (2)
The First Century Mark Antony In the first part of this article, we saw that Tadmor/Palmyra was an important oasis between the…Palmyra (3)
The Second Century Temple of Allat In the winter or spring of 130, the Roman emperor Hadrian and his wife Sabina visited…Palmyra (4)
Empire To the east of Palmyra, beyond the Euphrates, was the Parthian Empire. Just like Rome, it had existed since time immemorial, although it was not a central state, but more like a confederation of city states, kingdoms, and tribes. Among…Palmyra (5)
Late Antiquity Diocletianic camp, sanctuary of the standards The emperor Aurelian left behind a garrison in Palmyra: the First Legion of the…
Palmyra, Church |
Palmyra, Jupiter Heliopolitanus |
Palmyra, Museum
Archaeological Museum of the excavations in Palmyra. Looted by terrorists. There are 11 items in Palmyra, Museum: …
Palmyra, Šadrafa |
Palmyra, Temple of Nabu |
Palmyra, Tombstone of a family |
Palmyra, Tombstone of a lady |