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Mosaic representing the battle of Alexander the Great against Darius (III) the Great, possibly at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Issus" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Issus">Battle of Issus</a> or <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Gaugamela&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Gaugamela (page does not exist)">Battle of Gaugamela</a>, perhaps after an earlier Greek painting of  Philoxenus of Eretria. This mosaic was found in Pompeii in the House of the Faun and is now in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_(Naples)" class="mw-redirect" title="Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples)">Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples)</a>. It is dated first century BC.</div>
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an earlier Greek painting of  Philoxenus of Eretria</div>
2<sup>nd</sup> century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ante_Christum_Natum" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ante Christum Natum">BC</a> <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,-150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div> / circa 100 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ante_Christum_Natum" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ante Christum Natum">BC</a> <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,-0100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841762#P571" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Culture_of_ancient_Rome" class="extiw" title="w:en:Culture of ancient Rome"><span title="pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with ancient Rome and its people">culture of ancient Rome</span></a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841762#P2348" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a>
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