Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. The museum label is unequivocal. What this mosaic shows is the battle of Issus in 333 B.C., when a Macedonian ...

The Alexander Mosaic, often hailed as “the most important mosaic of the Roman age,” depicts the Macedonian army’s victory at ...

In fact, it’s an oil painting with wax crayon marks, about 80 by 100 inches, and it alludes to a particular conflict: the Battle of Issus (333 B.C.), in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius ...

The item, titled "Battle of Issus" after Alexander the Great’s second battle with the Persian army in 333 BCE, is a board game that doubles as a precious piece of art.

The bare tree in the background of the mosaic hints that Alexander was fighting at the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C. (Image credit: Simone Crespiatico via Getty Images) Ancient artisans paid ...