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

Valley of Kidron

Also known as Torrent of Cedron, Kidron Valley

  • valley
  • Natural geological formation with seasonal water flow

The steep wadi east of Jerusalem that Gibbon calls the Torrent of Cedron. It separates the city from the Mount of Olives and marked a flank of the medieval defenses.

Type
valley
Style
Natural geological formation with seasonal water flow
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 steep wadi east of Jerusalem that Gibbon calls the Torrent of Cedron. It separates the city from the Mount of Olives and marked a flank of the medieval defenses.

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