What does the deadly wound that was healed in Revelation 13 refer to?

Les explains that the deadly wound healed in Revelation 13 is best understood as the Roman Empire, not the Antichrist being shot and resurrected. He notes that many people think the Antichrist will be shot or killed and then brought back to life, but he prefers to see the Roman Empire as the one that suffered a deadly wound: it died, collapsed, and faded off the scene. In the vision, John sees it coming up again, which points to a revived Roman Empire. Les connects this to Western Europe, mentioning an Insight magazine article on the European community. The beast itself is a consortium of nations, an empire with seven heads and ten horns, headed by the Antichrist, to whom Satan gives his power, throne, and authority. The imagery matches Daniel 7, where Greece is seen as a leopard, the Medes as a bear, and Babylon as a lion.