Alexander Mosaic

The Alexander Mosaic is a Roman floor mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. It was made in 100 BC and the author is anonymous. It shows a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. It measures 2.72 x 5.13m. The originalm is at the Naples National Archeological Museum. The mosaic is based on a 3rd-century BC Hellenistic painting, by Philoxenos of Eretria.

The mosaic shows a battle between Alexander and Darius. Alexander won the Battle of Issus. Alexander won again two years later at the Battle of Gaugamela. The work shows the Battle of Issus.

The two main figures are easy to see. Darius has a worried expression on his face. The Persian soldiers have a stem look.

The mosaic was found again on October 24, 1831 in Pompeii. It was moved to Naples in Septmber 1843. It is in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.

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