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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Xanthus, Terracotta elements of an aqueduct |
Xanthus, Theater
Xanthus: town in western Lycia; its original name was Arňna, its modern name is Kınık. The theater; agora in the background The Roman theater…Xanthus, Tomb of Payava
Xanthus: town in western Lycia; its original name was Arňna, its modern name is Kınık.Tomb of Payava Tomb of Payava A famous Lycian tomb…
Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids |
Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Platform |
Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors |
Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Symposium scene |
Xenophon
Xenophon (c.430-c.354): Athenian soldier and historian, author of the Anabasis and Hellenica. He is one of the best-known and most widely read of all Greek authors. …Xenophon, Hellenica
Xenophon (c.430-c.354): Athenian soldier and historian, author of the Anabasis and Hellenica. He is one of the best-known and most widely read of all Greek authors. There is more about him here.Xerxes I
Xerxes: Achaemenid king of the Persian Empire, ruled from 486 to 465. Xerxes Relatives: Father: Darius I the Great Mother: Atossa Wife: Amestris Sons: Darius, Artaxerxes,…Xerxes II and Sogdianus
Xerxes II (Old Persian Khšayâršâ) and Sogdianus: kings of the ancient Achaemenid empire. Xerxes ruled forty five days in the first months of 423 BCE; Sogdianus ruled for six months and fifteen days.Our only source for the reign of Xerxes…Xerxes' Campaign Diary
It is possible to reconstruct the chronology of the Greek campaign of the Persian king Xerxes, which took place in the summer of 480 BCE, from the seventh, eighth and ninth book of The Histories by the Greek researcher Herodotus…