The mosaic depicts Alexander the Great fighting in the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C.E. The scene shows him wielding a long spear, surrounded by fighting soldiers. The Persian king Darius III was ...
W hen Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under a torrent of ash in A.D. 79, it also preserved one of the ancient world’s most ...
The Wars of Alexander's successors, were a series of conflicts that erupted among the generals of Alexander the Great.