I just came across an Ibn Ezra who says Rome is not from Edom, but from Yavan. Tehillim 137:7. However I believe that Ibn Ezra elsewhere identifies Christianity with Edom, will try to find it and edit this comment later.
I'm pretty sure Rashi held Edom is synonymous with Rome. See Rashi Eicha 4:21 where it is explicit that Edom destroyed the Bayis Sheini, the last few lines of Rashi Zecharia 4:11 sounds like that (putting Edom and Yishmoel together as the last golus), and Rashi Amos 1:6 implicit (sounds like Edom destroyed the Bayis Sheini).
The ancient Romans were known for their wild and weird rituals, but one of them, recorded in the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 11b), is of special interest to us. It is said that once every 70 years, Romans would have a healthy man, wearing the legendary garments of Adam, ride on the back of a limping man, who wore the mask of a Jew as he walked through the streets of Rome. At the head of the parade an announcer would repeatedly say: “Our master’s brother is a forger. Whomever sees this parade let him enjoy, because there will not be another for 70 more years. Forgery has not benefited the forger nor deceit benefited the deceiver!”
I just came across an Ibn Ezra who says Rome is not from Edom, but from Yavan. Tehillim 137:7. However I believe that Ibn Ezra elsewhere identifies Christianity with Edom, will try to find it and edit this comment later.
I'm pretty sure Rashi held Edom is synonymous with Rome. See Rashi Eicha 4:21 where it is explicit that Edom destroyed the Bayis Sheini, the last few lines of Rashi Zecharia 4:11 sounds like that (putting Edom and Yishmoel together as the last golus), and Rashi Amos 1:6 implicit (sounds like Edom destroyed the Bayis Sheini).
The ancient Romans were known for their wild and weird rituals, but one of them, recorded in the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 11b), is of special interest to us. It is said that once every 70 years, Romans would have a healthy man, wearing the legendary garments of Adam, ride on the back of a limping man, who wore the mask of a Jew as he walked through the streets of Rome. At the head of the parade an announcer would repeatedly say: “Our master’s brother is a forger. Whomever sees this parade let him enjoy, because there will not be another for 70 more years. Forgery has not benefited the forger nor deceit benefited the deceiver!”