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• Daniel goes on to explain that the head of gold was the Babylonian Empire with Nebuchadnezzar as its head, the breast and arms of silver represents the Medo-Persian Empire, and the belly and thighs of brass represent the Greek Empire. The legs of iron represented the Roman Empire, down through time, with the two halves of the Roman Empire in Rome and Constantinople.
• Verse 40 tells us more about this fourth empire:
• v.40 “And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.”