A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing ...

and probably belonged to a Roman soldier who lost his life in battle. Few examples of this type of shield have survived over the millennia, even though it is well known from depictions in art.

The mosaic depicts a battle: Surrounded by a mess of fighting ... Mosaics were a flourishing art form in the Roman Empire, where artisans pioneered the incorporation of tesserae (cubes of stone ...