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There are around 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic, but where did they come from?

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 faced Darius' vastly superior force of approximately 600,000 Persian troops. These ancient written sourced troop numbers are likely ...

The mosaic probably depicts the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C.E., in which Alexander faced off against the Persian leader and emerged victorious. From Persia, Alexander continued conquering eastward.