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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Portus, Port of Trajan |
Porus
Porus (Old Indian Puru): king in the eastern Punjab, defeated in 326 BCE by Alexander the Great. War elephant The Greek/Latin name…Poseidon
Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν): ancient Greek god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes. Adopting Greek mythology, the Romans identified him with Neptune.Poseidon …Posidonius of Apamea
Posidonius of Apamea (135-51): Greek philosopher, historian, and scientist. Posidonius of Apamea We are ill-informed about the development of philosophy after the…Positivist Fallacy
Positivist Fallacy: the assumption, often implicit, that historical sources and archaeological remains document significant events of the past. The expression was coined by archaeologist Anthony Snodgrass.Like the Everest Fallacy, the Positivist Fallacy can best be introduced with an example. There…Postumus
Postumus: founder and emperor of the Gallic Empire (260-269). Postumus Names: full name and date of birth unknown Autumn 260: Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianus…
Postumus |
Postumus' triumph |
Potash |
Pothos
Pothos is the Greek word for "longing", a divine power (daimon). Skopas' Pothos In Greek myth, Pothos ("longing") and his brothers Eros…Požarevac, Museum of Viminacium
The ancient city of Viminacium is situated at the place where the river Mlava empties itself into the Danube. This means that here, three important roads came together: the road upstream along the Danube to Pannonia and the Adriatic Sea,…
Praeneste, Ivory of a warrior |