ISB ~ Revelation 17 v10

seven kings:Numerous interpretations of this have been offered. Read symbolically, it is said to represent all earthly kings, all the Roman emperors, or all the empires of history until the end of time. Read literally, it is often said to stand for seven Roman emperors, the sixth in succession being either Nero (A.D. 54 to 68) or Domitian (A.D. 81 to 96), both of whom were followed by emperors who ruled only a short time. For the most part, ancient Roman and Jewish authors counted Julius Caesar as the first emperor, in which case Nero is the sixth of Rome’s first seven dictators (e.g., Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars; Josephus, Antiquities 18, 32; 4 Ezra 12, 14-15).