The Alexander Mosaic, often hailed as “the most important mosaic of the Roman age,” depicts the Macedonian army’s victory at the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C., now near the Turkish-Syrian border.

Here, in the Battle of Issus, Alexander's army of 75,000 Greeks ... or just in keeping with the Roman style of adapting Greek art as part of elite decor. It is now housed in the Museo Nazionale ...