The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Valley of Ben Hinnom

Also known as Gehenna, Valley of Hinnom

  • valley
  • Natural geological formation

The ravine south of Jerusalem, the biblical Hinnom or Gehenna. Gibbon uses it to fix the topography of the crusader siege lines.

Type
valley
Style
Natural geological formation
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 264
Books
1

History

  1. 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 ravine south of Jerusalem, the biblical Hinnom or Gehenna. Gibbon uses it to fix the topography of the crusader siege lines.

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