The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Jerusalem
Also known as City of David, Zion, Aelia Capitolina
- city
- ancient Jewish with Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic additions
The holy city of Judea, successively Roman Aelia, a Christian pilgrimage center, and a prize of Muslim and Crusader conquest. Its temples, sepulchre, and walls are destroyed, rebuilt, and occupied across the narrative.
- Type
- city
- Style
- ancient Jewish with Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic additions
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 5
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The holy city of Judea, successively Roman Aelia, a Christian pilgrimage center, and a prize of Muslim and Crusader conquest. Its temples, sepulchre, and walls are destroyed, rebuilt, and occupied across the narrative.
Key events
- Book 1
Ch. 234Muslim Conquest of the Middle EastFollowing Muhammad's death, Arab armies rapidly conquered Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Persia, overthrowing the Sassanid Empire and stripping the Byzantine Empire of its richest provinces. - Book 1
Ch. 261First CrusadeIn 1095, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to recapture Jerusalem from Muslim control; the First Crusade resulted in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 and the establishment of Latin Christian states in the Levant.
Appearances
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