Which city reigned over the kings of the earth in John’s day? It was Rome, the City of Seven Hills. But why is Rome called Babylon? The early Church used the term Babylon as a code word for Rome. And from the earliest time this woman has been recognized as Rome.
Tertullian (155–222) “So, again, Babylon, in our own John, is a figure of the city Rome, as being equally great and proud of her sway, and triumphant over the saints.” – Tertulian Answer to the Jews Chapter 9
“[Rome] That powerful state which presides over the seven mountains and very many waters, has merited from the Lord the appellation of a prostitute.” – Tertulian Book 2 Chapter 12
Hippolytus [170-236] “Tell me, blessed John, apostle and disciple of the Lord, what didst thou see and hear concerning Babylon? Arise, and speak; for it sent thee also into banishment [Rome Banished John]. “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters; with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” – Treatise on Christ and AntiChrist.
Victorinus [250AD]“The seven heads are the seven hills, on which the woman sitteth. That is, the city of Rome”. – Commentary on the Apocalypse
Eusebius [325AD] “And Peter makes mention of Mark in his first epistle which they say that he wrote in Rome itself, as is indicated by him, when he calls the city, by a figure, Babylon” – Church History Eusebius Book 2 Chapter 15.
St. Jerome [382AD] “Read the apocalypse of John, and consider what is sung therein of the woman arrayed in purple, and of the blasphemy written upon her brow, of the seven mountains, of the many waters, and of the end of Babylon. “Come out of her, my people,” so the Lord says, “that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” It is true [of] that Rome...” – Letters of St. Jerome, letter 46.
Augustine [425AD] “Rome herself is like a second Babylon..... To be brief, the city of Rome was rounded, like another Babylon, and as it were the daughter of the former Babylon, ” – Augustine The City Of GOD Book 18, Chapter 2, 22FULL STORY atMystery Babylon Identified by Dave Hunt(Dave Hunts 14 Reasons Why Rome is Mystery Babylon)