Italy / Macedonia: Detail of Alexander the Great from the 'Alexander Mosaic' believed to depict Alexander defeating Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Issus, 333 BCE. Pompeii, c. 100 BCE

The Alexander Mosaic, dating from circa 100 BCE, is a Roman floor mosaic 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 and measures 2.72 x 5.13m (8 ft 11in x 16 ft 9in).

The original is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The mosaic is believed to be copy of an early 3rd Century BCE Hellenistic painting, possibly by Philoxenos of Eretria.

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