Andrew - I should have given you Virgil’s notes on preterism (aagh!) when we had coffee in the Hayward coffee house on Thursday. He provides five points of identification (of Babylon and Jerusalem in Revelation):

i. She fills herself with the blood of the prophets and saints - Rev 16:6, 18:20, 24; cf Matt 23:37, Acts 7:52

ii. She is ‘the great city where also the Lord was crucified’ - Rev 11:8 - cp 17:18, 18:10, 16, 19, 21

iii. The image of the unfaithful wife, the harlot, was also used in the OT

iv. Babylon’s luxurious riches provide comparison between her dress and the high-priest’s ephod - Rev 17:3-5/Exodus 28:5-6, 36; the temple tapestry matches the colours of the Babylonian tapsetry in Wars 5.5.4; the gold cup reflects the temple’s implements; etc etc

v. Her destruction - death by stoning; replacement by a new bride - the new Jerusalem.

I don’t go with all of Lloyd’s points though. Sorry to butt in.