Daroma

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Daroma (Aramaic) or Darom (Hebrew), both meaning 'South', was the name of the southern Hebron Hills in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. The term is used in Eusebius's Onomasticon (4th century) and in rabbinic literature. By the late tenth century, the Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi ('the Jerusalemite') was still referring to part of the region of Beth Guvrin by this name. In late antiquity, the term "Daroma" referred to the region extending from Ein Gedi, near the Dead Sea, to Eleutheropolis (Beth Govrin), a prominent city of the time. Its northern boundary was marked by Hebron and Mamre. For Eusebius, it is the southern part of the territory of Eleutheropolis. Eusebius also mentioned several large Jewish villages in Daroma. The region's Jewish inhabitants were particularly devoted to Hebrew.