the little horn, before whom 3 horns fell, is from what i seem to see, CONTEMPORARY to the events....that is to say, not in our future, but has already happened in history. arising from the ashes, so to speak, of the roman (10) divisions.
it seems that it was the effect of "the arian heresy" that spurred the events which caused the 3 (arian kingdoms) to fall....the battle for dominance of doctrine between arianism (which the heruli, ostrogoths, and vandals embraced)& the early rcc. seen in the history of the eventual ascendance to power of the rcc (which "won" the struggle for dominance). the history of constantine, justinian's (& belisarius')victories, the conversion of clovis, and so many other historical events - as well as all the 'king of the north', 'king of the south' references - seem to very clearly describe (im sorry, but i promise to go line by line when i have more time!) the struggle- which lasted centuries, btw - for its eventual consolidation of power and doctrinal "supremacy". LUB