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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Araxes
Araxes (Greek Ἀράξης): river in ancient Armenia, modern Aras. The Araxes, close to the Turkish-Armenian border The name of the river is…Arbela (Erbil)
Arbela (Assyrian Arba'ilu): Town in ancient Assyria, modern Arbîl or Erbil, situated between the Great and the Little Zab. Arbela Excavations make…Arcadius
Arcadius: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (r.395-408). Arcadius Names: 377: Flavius Arcadius 19 January 383: Flavius Arcadius Augustus 1 May 408: natural death co-emperor of…
Arcadius |
Archelaus of Cappadocia
Archelaus (36 BCE - 17 CE): high priest of Comana, last king of Cappadocia.Relatives Archelaus Son of Archelaus and Glaphyra Successor of Ariarathes IX…
Coin of Archelaus of Cappadocia |
Archidamian War
Archidamian War: name of the first part of the Peloponnesian War (431-404), the great conflict between Athens and Sparta. It is called after the Spartan king Archidamus II. This war started in 431 and ended in 421 with something that…Archidamus II
Archidamus II: king of Sparta from the Eurypontid house, ruler from 469(?) until his death in 427/426 BCE. The first phase of the Peloponnesian War is called after him: the Archidamian War. …Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212): Greek engineer, discoverer of the Law of Archimedes. An absent-minded Archimedes being by a Roman soldier One of…
Archimedes' Screw (Boerhaave Museum, Leiden) |
Archon
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Arcobadara, Dedication to Caracalla by soldiers of Ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana |