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Daniel 2:40

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Jerome

"And there shall be a fourth empire like unto iron. Just as iron breaks to pieces and overcomes all else, so it shall break to pieces and shatter all these preceding empires . ..." Now the fourth empire, which clearly refers to the Romans, is the iron empire which breaks in pieces and overcomes all others.

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO ↗