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Detail showing Alexander
Credit: Unknown
Alexander the Great
(356–323 BC), the
King
of
Macedonia
, as depicted in a detail from the
Alexander Mosaic
. Originally from the
House of the Faun
in Pompeii and dated to c. 100 BC, the mosaic depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and
Darius III of Persia
. It is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd century BC Hellenistic painting, probably by
Philoxenos of Eretria
.
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