God destroyed the empire of the serpent

Christ became man through the Virgin, so that the disobedience caused by the serpent should end in the same way in which it had begun.

Indeed, Eve, virgin and intact, having conceived the word of the serpent, bore disobedience and death; the Virgin Mary, having conceived faith and joy, answered: "Let it be done to me according to your word."

So he was born of her, the One of whom so many Scriptures speak. By Him God destroyed the empire of the serpent and of those who, angels or men, have become like him; and he frees from death those who repent of their sins and believe in Him.

Saint Justin (2^nd century)