While the book is published at the request of several friends, the author fulfils such request with the earnest desire that in matters of doctrine that only may be accepted which can be confirmed from the Word of God itself, and that the Lord may graciously own what is in accordance with His mind for the glory of His Name and the profit of the reader. BATH, 1916. W. E. VINE. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE =The Times of the Gentiles=, 9 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, 11 The Chaldean, Medo-Persian, Grecian Kingdoms, 12 The Fourth Kingdom, 13 CHAPTER II. =The Roman Dominion=, 15 Rise and Progress of the Roman Empire, 16 Eastward Extension, 18 The Empire Completed, 22 The Crushing of the Nations, 23 The Twofold Division, 25 The Tenfold Division, 27 A Comparison of the Visions, 29 Testimony of Early Christian Writers, 32 Processes at Work Since the Twofold Division, 34 CHAPTER III. =The Overthrow in the West=--GERMANIC INVASIONS, 35 Disintegration of the Western Half, 37 Alaric and the Goths, 37 Attila and the Huns, 39 Genseric and the Vandals, 40 Northern Limits of the Empire, 41 Ten Kingdoms not Formed by Germanic Invasions, 42 CHAPTER IV. =The Overthrow in the East=--TURKISH EMPIRE, 44 Mohammed and the Khaliphs, 45 Eastern Empire at End of 10th Century, 46 The Appearance of the Turks, 46 The Turks Embrace Mohammedanism, 47 The Turks Enter Europe, 48 Constantinople Taken, 49 A Comparison of the Two Divisions, 50 Decline of the Turkish Empire, 51 The Coming Overthrow, 54 A Blank in Prophecy, 55 Continuation of the Roman Government, 56 Roman Imperialism Continued, 57 CHAPTER V. =Coming Revival of the Roman Empire=, 59 1. GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, 59 Review of the Ancient Territories, 62 Divisions of the Greek Empire, 63 Other European Territories, 65 The British Empire, 67 2. POLITICAL STANDPOINT, 69