Kingdom era · 331–168 BC
Greece — the belly of brass
A leopard with four wings for speed and four heads for division; a goat whose great horn breaks and becomes four.
See it
Speed is drawn as extra wings; fragmentation is drawn as extra heads and horns. The picture tells you what happens before any history book does.
Named in the text
“The rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.” Again the vision labels itself.
What follows it
The four divisions do not become the next world power. A different kind of power rises — which is why the little horn of Daniel 8 cannot be one of the four Greek successors.
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Every reference opens in the two-book reader with commentary, chain references and original-language notes.
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Where this leads next
Kingdom era · 168 BC–AD 476
Rome — the legs of iron
Iron: not richer than brass, but harder. A beast so unlike the others that Daniel has no animal for it.
One power described five ways
The little horn
A power that comes up after the ten, speaks great words, wears out the saints, and holds a measured period of dominion.
Symbol key · Persons
Stars
Angels or messengers; leaders of God's people