File:Battle of Issus.jpg

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Alexander Mosaic  wikidata:Q841762 reasonator:Q841762
Artist
an earlier Greek painting of Philoxenus of Eretria
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Title
The Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Mosaico de Issos"
label QS:Lhu,"Nagy Sándor-mozaik"
label QS:Lru,"Битва при Иссе"
label QS:Lde,"Alexandermosaik"
label QS:Lhy,"Իսոսի ճակատամարտը"
label QS:Lbg,"Битката при Иса"
label QS:Lja,"有名なモザイク画"
label QS:Lsv,"Alexandermosaiken"
label QS:Luk,"Мозаїка Александра"
label QS:Lla,"Opus tessellatum de Alexandro"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"亞歷山大馬賽克"
label QS:Lfi,"Aleksanteri-mosaiikki"
label QS:Lit,"Battaglia di Isso"
label QS:Lfr,"mosaïque d'Alexandre"
label QS:Lhr,"Aleksandrov mozaik"
label QS:Lpt,"Mosaico de Alexandre"
label QS:Lsl,"Aleksandrov mozaik"
label QS:Lfa,"نگاره نبرد ایسوس"
label QS:Lid,"Mozaik Aleksander"
label QS:Lpl,"Bitwa Aleksandra z Dariuszem"
label QS:Lnb,"Aleksander-mosaikken"
label QS:Lnl,"Alexandermozaïek"
label QS:Lmk,"Александров мозаик"
label QS:Lca,"Mosaic d'Alexandre"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"亚历山大马赛克"
label QS:Lzh,"亞歷山大馬賽克"
label QS:Lhe,"פסיפס אלכסנדר"
label QS:Lar,"فسيفساء الإسكندر الأكبر"
label QS:Lel,"Ψηφιδωτό του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"亞歷山大馬賽克"
Object type mosaic Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Mosaic representing the battle of Alexander the Great against Darius (III) the Great, possibly at Battle of Issus or Battle of Gaugamela, 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 Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples). It is dated first century BC.
Depicted people
Date 2nd century BC
date QS:P,-150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
/ circa 100 BC
date QS:P,-0100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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culture of ancient Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Medium mosaic Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q637248
Place of discovery House of the Faun Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer http://alexandermosaik.de/en/reconstruction_of_the_mosaic.html

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current03:50, 18 September 2020Thumbnail for version as of 03:50, 18 September 20201,160 × 630 (743 KB)Florian BlaschkeReverted to version as of 02:30, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
09:53, 8 February 2015Thumbnail for version as of 09:53, 8 February 20152,192 × 1,024 (3.62 MB)Hello worldnew version
02:30, 24 August 2014Thumbnail for version as of 02:30, 24 August 20141,160 × 630 (743 KB)Kvantikos afrosReverted to original version as of 14:41, 27 August 2005
07:00, 21 June 2012Thumbnail for version as of 07:00, 21 June 2012600 × 263 (61 KB)Napoleon 100better
14:41, 27 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 14:41, 27 August 20051,160 × 630 (743 KB)Slarre~commonswikiAlexander the Great battling Darius at the w:Battle of Issus. Pompei mosaic, 1st century CE. {{PD-art}}

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