“The Edomites [the nation around Mount Seir, descended from Esau] [of the city] of Rome determined their belief in him and established it [as the religion of the empire].
“This, above all else, is the main cause and reason that Rome and Edom are considered as one kingdom although they are different nations. In spite of that [difference] [The Sages of the Targum] thus explained that Rome is in Grecian Italy and that many of the Edomite people are contained therein. Hence, [Rome]