{Upon her forehead a name written} (epi to met(9370)on aut(8873)
onoma gegrammenon). Roman harlots wore a label with their names
on their brows (Seneca, _Rhet_. I. 2. 7; Juvenal VI. 122f.), and
so here. In  19:16  Christ has a name on his garments and on his
thigh, while in  14:1  22:4  the redeemed have the name of God on
their foreheads. There is undoubtedly a contrast between this
woman here and the woman in chapter  Re 12 . {Mystery}
(must(8872)ion). Either in apposition with onoma or as part of
the inscription on her forehead. In either case the meaning is
the same, that the name Babylon is to be interpreted mystically
or spiritually (cf. pneumatik(9373)  11:8 ) for Rome. {The Mother
of the Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth} (H(8820)M(8874)(8872)
t(936e) Porn(936e) kai t(936e) Bdelugmat(936e) t(8873) G(8873)). The Metropolis of the
Empire is the mother of harlotry and of the world's idolatries.
Charles quotes Tacitus (_Ann_. XV. 44) about Rome as the city
"quo cuncta undique atrocia aut pudenda confluunt
celebranturque_."