Alexander Mosaic
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Roman mosaic of Pompeii
Key facts
- Artist
- Philoxenus of Eretria or Apelles (orig. painting)
- Year
- c. 120 – 100 BC
- Type
- Mosaic
- Dimensions
- 272 cm × 513 cm (8 ft 11 in × 16 ft 8 in)
- Location
- National Archaeological Museum , Naples
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mosaic
- Country
- Italy
- Main subject
- Battle of Issus
- Depicts
- battle
- Collection
- Naples National Archaeological Museum
- Image
- Alexandermosaic.jpg
- Width
- 513
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- location of discovery
- House of the Faun
- Commons category
- Battle of Issus mosaic (from Pompeii)
- inception
- 0100-00-00
- fabrication method
- mosaic
- title
- The Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic)
- time period
- culture of ancient Rome
- culture
- culture of ancient Rome
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Encyclopedic overview
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 100 BC and depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. This work of art is a combination of different artistic traditions such as Italic, Hellenistic, and Roman. The mosaic is considered Roman based on the broader context of its time and location in relation to the later Roman Republic. The original is preserved in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of a late fourth-century BC or early third-century BC Hellenistic painting, perhaps by Philoxenus of Eretria or Apelles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexander Mosaic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.