Alexander the Great.356-323 BC."Battle of Issus" (the invading Macedonian troops led by the young Alexander of Maceconia / the Great; defeat the Persian army under Darius III; November 333 BC.).Detail: Darius in his chariot and a Persian soldier who offers him his horse in order to flee from the battle.Roman mosaic; after a Greek painting;317/315 BC. by Philoxenos of Eretria.Mosaic; 5;82 x 3;13 m. From: House of the Faun; Pompeii.Naples; National Archaeological Museum.