Editing Gibeah (section)

=== In extra-biblical sources ===
According to [[Josephus]], the [[Legio X Fretensis|10th Roman Legion]] led by [[Titus]] camped in the "Valley of Thorns" (''Acanthon Aulon'') near ''Gabaothsaul'' before their [[Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)|siege of Jerusalem]] in 70 CE.<ref name=josephus/><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Guy MacLean |title=For the Freedom of Zion: the Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE |date=2021 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-24813-5 |location=New Haven |pages=293}}</ref> This valley is identified with the contemporary Wâdi Beit Hanina.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Avi-Yonah |first=Michael |date=1976 |title=Gazetteer of Roman Palestine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43587090 |journal=Qedem |volume=5 |pages=25 |issn=0333-5844}}</ref>