Daniel 8:3

Which had two horns; by which is meant the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, as it is in Daniel 8:20, where it is so interpreted. Before he was called a bear, and here a ram, both noting the same thing, though by different expressions. A ram because he is a fighting creature, pushing. The two horns were high, i.e. they were very powerful. One was higher than the other, i.e. the Median, that it came up last; but afterward the Persian was much superior in magnificence and fame, which was verified in Cyrus; who had an incredible heap, even fifty millions of talents. See Curtius and Strabo.