a massive mosaic depicting Alexander the Great’s triumph over the Persian king Darius III at the epic Battle of Issus. For ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great ... of Issus, the Alexander Mosaic ...

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its ... The lone tree in the background hints that this is the Battle of Issus, which took place in 333 B.C. by what is now the Turkish ...

A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights ... The mosaic probably depicts the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C.E., in which Alexander faced off against the Persian ...

The museum label is unequivocal. What this mosaic shows is the battle of Issus in 333 B.C., when a Macedonian army led by Alexander “the Great” prevailed over the forces of the Persian King Darius III ...

Using a non-invasive method of analysis, researchers have discovered that the pieces making up the famous Pompeii mosaic of Alexander ... in the Battle of Issus (333 BCE). Fun fact: Arab sources ...

Alexander the Great's vast empire was built upon his keen and continuously changing battle tactics, which depended on the enemy and terrain.

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from ... city of Troy to the location of the Battle of Issus in modern-day Anatolia, where he first ...

Alexander the Great's empire stretched ... The second key battle he won — and perhaps the most important — was the Battle of Issus, fought in 333 B.C. near the ancient town of Issus in ...

At long last, Turkish researchers have pinpointed the precise site of the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander the Great achieved his first monumental victory on the road to becoming history’s ...