| Babylonian Empire (625–539 B.C.) | Medo–Persian Empire (539–331 B.C.) | Greek Empire (331–63 B.C.) | Roman Empire (63 B.C.–A.D. 476) | Future Events |
| Vision of Statue (ch. 2) | head of gold (vv. 36–38) | chest and arms of silver (vv. 32, 39) | middle and thighs of bronze (vv. 32, 39) | legs of iron; feet of iron and clay (vv. 33, 40–43) | messianic kingdom: the stone (vv. 44–45) |
| Vision of Tree (ch. 4) | Nebuchadnezzar humbled (vv. 19–37) | | | | |
| Vision of Four Beasts (ch. 7) | lion with wings of eagle (v. 4) | bear raised up on one side (v. 5) | leopard with four wings and four heads (v. 6) | terrifying beast with iron teeth (v. 7) | Antichrist: little horn uttering great boasts (vv. 8–11) |
| Vision of Ram and Goat (ch. 8) | | ram with two horns: one longer than the other (vv. 2–4) | male goat with one horn: it was broken and four horns came up (vv. 5–8); Antiochus IV (vv. 23–26) | | |