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.
There are 9380 items in Jona Lendering:
Vienna, Building Inscription of XIIII Gemina |
Vienna, Burial inscription of an officer of the Tenth Legion Gemina, later used in a mill. |
Vienna, Ephesos Museum
Nice, quiet museum with finds from the Austrian excavations of ancient Ephesus, including the reliefs of the "Parthian Monument". The Kunsthistorisches Museum is at walking distance. There are 28…
Vienna, Head of a man with inscription X Gemina |
Vienna, Inscription of XIII Gemina |
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Large collection of ancient art: a good Egyptian department, great sculpture from Greece and Rome, some nice finds from Austria itself, and a splendid collection of ancient coins. At walking distance from the Ephesos Museum: together, you can spend here…Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Collection of ancient manuscripts, including papyri, ostraca, and the Peutinger Map. There are 9 items in Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek: …
Vienna, Part of the Porta Principalis Dextra |
Vienna, Roman excavations at the Hohe Markt |
Vienna, Römermuseum
Nice museum with finds from ancient Vienna (Vindobona), built on the house of a Roman officer. The museum is larger than you'd expect from the street. There are 8…
Vienna, Tiefe Graben |
Vienna, Tiefe Graben and Hohe Brücke |