One text from Hippolytus_of_Rome, author of the first centuries AC and...a saint. Its translation in English HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME TREATISE ON CHRIST AND ANTICHRIST. Quote: 24. Then, after the lioness, he sees a "second beast like a bear," and that denoted the Persians. For after the Babylonians, the Persians held the sovereign power And in saving that there were "three ...