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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ish Gebor: [QB] The mosaic of Alexander, found at the House of the Faun at Pompeii is one of the most intriguing representations of an ancient battle (figure 1) 1. We no longer possess the original painting from which it was probably copied. Whether the original was completely identical to its transposition in stone or just a model bearing different details in comparison with the mosaic we will never know. The scene preserved by Vesuvius’ lava shows a battle identified as one of the three battles Alexander fought against Darius III Codomannus between 334 and 331 BC. 2 Badian thinks he can recognize the last battle, Arbela (or Gaugamela) in the image showed by the mosaic, pointing out that both armies seem to be using Macedonian sarissae, which, according to Diodoros, 3 were used only at Gaugamela. 4 Nevertheless it is not clear whether the sarissae rising behind the Persians belonged to them or were part of an invisible Macedonian army surrounding Darius’ forces. But as reasonably stated by Hölscher, usually ancient representations of battle-scenes lacked in realism; 6 therefore trying to reconstruct a tactical scheme in this image would be vain. The scene apparently represents a unitary lapse of time, in which the battle reaches both its apex and end, culminating with Darius’ retreat https://www.academia.edu/11929853/The_Gorgon_and_the_Cross_Rereading_the_Alexander_Mosaic_and_the_House_of_the_Faun_at_Pompeii [/QB][/QUOTE]
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