_And when the Dragon saw that he was cast down_ from the _Roman_ throne, and the man-child caught up thither, he _persecuted the woman which brought forth the man-child; and to her_, by the division of the _Roman_ Empire between the cities of _Rome_ and _Constantinople_ A.C. 330, _were given two wings of a great eagle_, the symbol of the _Roman_ Empire, _that she might flee_ from the first Temple _into the wilderness_ of _Arabia, to her place_ at _Babylon_ mystically so called. _And the serpent_, by the division of the same Empire between the sons of _Constantine_ the great, A.C. 337, _cast out of his mouth water as a flood_, the _Western_ Empire, _after the woman; that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. And the earth_, or _Greek_ Empire, _helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood_, by the victory of _Constantius_ over _Magnentius_, A.C. 353, and thus the Beast was wounded to death with a sword. _And the Dragon was wroth with the woman_, in the reign of _Julian_ the Apostate A.C. 361, _and_, by a new division of the Empire between _Valentinian_ and _Valens_, A.C. 364, _went_ from her into the _Eastern_ Empire _to make war with the remnant of her seed_, which she left behind her when she fled: and thus the Beast revived. By the next division of the Empire, which was between _Gratian_ and _Theodosius_ A.C. 379, the _Beast_ with ten horns _rose out of the sea_, and the _Beast_ with two horns _out of the earth_: and by the last division thereof, which was between the sons of _Theodosius_, A.C. 395, _the Dragon gave the Beast his power and throne, and great authority_. And the ten horns _received power as Kings, the same hour with the Beast_.