— Overthrown AD 312-313 Rev. 12:3
“Dragon” applied to Eastern Emperors AD 395-AD 1453
opponents who sought her destruction. The Devil was her adversary, who, “as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour;” but she resisted him being steadfast in the faith; nevertheless, though cast down by
This illustration is taken from The Apocalypse And Gospels by F. Bilton. Rev. 12:3 states: “Behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads”. This is not to be confused with the beast of the sea with its “seven heads and ten horns” (Rev. 13:1), for the description of the latter symbol represents the crowns as on the horns. The position of the crowns illustrates the time sequence. The dragon of Rev. 12:3 represents Rome before divided among the horns or kingdoms of Europe, and so the crowns are on the heads, or Rome proper; the beast has the crowns upon the horns, not on the heads, and so represents the penod when Rome no longer dominates the horns which have secured independence of rule. —Publishers.
the afflictions he heaped upon her, she was not destroyed (1 Pet. 5:8); but overcame him in the epoch of this other sign in the heaven (Apoc. 12:11).