“And the ten horns out of this kingdom are _ten kings that shall arise_.” Verse 24. NOTES.—The Roman Empire was broken up into ten kingdoms between the years 351 A.D. and 476 A.D. “The historian Machiavelli, without the slightest reference to this prophecy, gives the following list of the nations which occupied the territory of the Western Empire at the time of the fall of Romulus Augustulus (476 A.D.), the last emperor of Rome: The Lombards, the Franks, the Burgundians, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, the Vandals, the Heruh, the Suevi, the Huns, and the Saxons: ten in all. “Amidst unceasing and almost countless fluctuations, the kingdoms of modern Europe have from their birth to the present day _averaged_ ten in number. They have never since the breaking up of old Rome been united into one single empire; they have never formed _one whole_ even like the United States. No scheme of proud ambition seeking to reunite the broken fragments has ever succeeded; when such have arisen, they have been invariably dashed to pieces. “And the division is as apparent now as ever. Plainly and palpably inscribed on the map of Europe this day, it confronts the skeptic with its silent but conclusive testimony to the fulfilment of this great prophecy. Who can alter or add to this tenfold list of the kingdoms now occupying the sphere of old Rome? _Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, England, Holland, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal_—ten, and no more; ten, and no less.”—_“__The Divine Program of the World’s History,__”__ by H. Grattan Guinness, pages 318-321._ 15. What change did Daniel see take place in these horns? “I considered the horns, and, behold, _there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots_: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.” Verse 8. 16. What inquiry on the part of Daniel shows that the fourth beast, and especially the little horn phase of it, constitutes the leading feature of this vision? “Then _I would know the truth of the fourth beast_, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; _and of the ten horns_ that were in his head, and _of the other which came up_, and _before whom three fell_; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.” Verses 19, 20. 17. When was the little horn to arise? “And another shall rise _after them_.” Verse 24. NOTE.—The ten horns, as already shown, arose when Rome, the fourth kingdom, was divided into ten kingdoms. This division was completed in A.D. 476. The little-horn power was to arise after them.