Alexander Mosaic. Battle of Issus (333 ). Battle between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, Darius III. Mosaic. Pompei, Casa del Fauno (VI, 12, 2). 2nd century AD. Detail. Darius III (380-330 BC). National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

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