Alexander Mosaic Canvas Print

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Alexander Mosaic, Pompei, Rome. C. 100 BC.

The Alexander Mosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic recovered from the House of the Faun in Pompeii from around 100 BC. It is believed to be a copy of a Greek painting made from the 4th century BC.

The mosaic depicts the Battle of Issus, the first great battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia, from which Darius escaped in defeat. The illustration measures over 8x16 feet, it is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum and it is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd-century BC Hellenistic painting.

The mosaic illustrates the moment in which Alexander charges through the Persian lines straight for the Persian king, piercing one of his soldiers through the stomach with his spear. Alexander defeated Darius at Issus for the first time and on aa second and final occasion two years later at the Battle of Gaugamela. Darius would be killed by...

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