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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Synesius, On Providence 1.1
Although The Egyptian Tale looks like a retelling of a part of the myth of Isis and Osiris, it is obvious that the two brothers Osiris and Typho represent good and bad government. The story, however, is not just a…Syphax
Syphax or Sophax: king of the Masaeisylians in Numidia (last quarter of the third century BCE). Coin of Syphax, showing an…
Syracusan coin, showing a chariot with maritime symbols, commemorating the naval victory |
History of Syracuse (1)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Colonization and Tyranny Head of a deity If we are to believe the Athenian…Syracuse - Photos
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily.Photos Arethusa Altar of Hiero Amphitheater Arethusa Fort Euryalus Ionic temple Museum pieces Porta Urbica Quarries Temple of Apollo Temple of Athena TheaterSyracuse - Texts
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily.Texts about Syracuse Map of Miletus Thucydides on the colonization Herodotus and Diodorus on the battle of Himera Thucydides…History of Syracuse (2)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Democratic Intermezzo Torso of a man In the seventh book of his Histories, which…History of Syracuse (3)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Dionysius I and Dionysius II Mask of Silenus Dionysius became tyrant of Syracuse in…History of Syracuse (4)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Losing Independence The crisis of the year 354/344 was grave. There were revolutions in the cities of Sicily and southern Italy and effective government came to an end. Hicetas had liberated Syracuse from…History of Syracuse (5)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. The Coming of Rome Carthaginian war coinage: one could read this coin as…History of Syracuse (6)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Roman Province Since the First Punic War, most of Sicily was part of the Roman empire; the Second Punic War added Syracuse. In c.200, any intelligent observer would have been able to see…Syracuse (415-413 BCE)
Siege of Syracuse (414-413): one of the most important campaigns during the Peloponnesian War. A well-equipped Athenian army blundered into disaster, was annihilated. Sicily It is tempting…