30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Then the king became even more insolent, even as God was patient and had shown magnanimity by endeavoring to lead him to repentance. And as he walked on the terrace of the royal house and looked around over his fortune, he said, “Where became of all those sad omens by which the saint had meant to frighten me? I certainly rule Babylon, which I made magnificent.”
[AD 373] Ephrem the Syrian on Daniel 4:30