Revelation 17:18 Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. This great city, literally taken, is the city of Rome, as will appear in the exposition of the eighteenth chapter; See KNOLLYS: Revelation 18:1 [ff] and taken mystically, we may understand Babylon the great; that is, the whole Roman papal kingdom. \