I have heard that idea tossed around, but the progression of the kingdoms depicted in Daniel 2's statue of elements seems to portray political powers that
replace the one preceding it. That doesn't permit a long gap between the demise of the Roman empire and ten global divisions that still isn't a reality. It makes better sense that we have the European nation states replacing Rome, and that is the state of the world when the rock from heaven ends the entire succession of kingdoms.
Note the text of Daniel 2:
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.
41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.
43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
The feet and the toes have some of the attributes of Rome, which leads me to believe it occupies the same geographical area. A lot of people note the toes and assume a division of ten based on that, but the image includes the feet as well. A division of ten parcels outside the geographical area is an assumption I don't think is supported in the image.