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The Alexander Mosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy.. It is typically dated between c. 120 and BC 100 [1] and depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. [2]
The Alexander Mosaic, showing Alexander at left. A copy is displayed in the House of the Faun, where the original was found. The Nilotic scene mosaic depicts exotic animals in the Nile. The House of the Faun was initially excavated in 1830 by the German archaeological institute. Five bodies were found in the house including one woman and three ...
The Alexander Mosaic, as seen in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Earlier depictions of the Battle of Issus are few. Battle of Issus, a fresco by Philoxenus of Eretria, is probably the first such. It was painted sometime around 310 BC for Cassander (c. 350–297 BC), who was one of Alexander the Great's successors. [49]
As a disciple of Nicomachus, who flourished about 360 BC, and as the painter of the battle of Issus (333 BC) (or possibly the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC; Pliny simply states that it was "a picture representing one of the battles between Alexander and Darius"), [2] Philoxenus must have flourished in the age of Alexander, from about 330 BC and ...
An ancient synagogue mosaic is believed to depict Alexander the Great, and experts say nothing like it has ever been discovered from the ancient world.
The museum's Mosaic Collection includes a number of important mosaics recovered from the ruins of Pompeii and the other Vesuvian cities. This includes the Alexander Mosaic, dating from c. 100 BC, originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. It depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. Another ...
A Roman mosaic on a wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD. A Roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the Roman period, throughout the Roman Republic and later Empire. Mosaics were used in a variety of private and public buildings, [1] on both floors and walls, though they competed with cheaper frescos for ...
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