Book of Revelation's vision of the apocalypse inspired by pagan curses, researcher claims

https://www.livescience.com/book-of-revelations-vision-of-the-apocalypse-inspired-by-pagan-curses-researcher-claims#:~:text=Book%20of%20Revelation%27s%20vision%20of%20the%20apocalypse%20inspired,effort%20to%20reinforce%20its%20message%2C%20one%20researcher%20says.
"The cryptic language of the Book of Revelation — famous for its exotic imagery, including a red beast with seven heads and a symbolic female figure likened to the evils of Babylon — is deliberately similar to language used in ancient Roman "curse tablets," according to new research."