1-155-946 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Battle of Issus, 333 BC, (1st century AD). Alexander The Great (356-323BC), seen here at far left, defeating the forces of the Persian king Darius III at Issus in Cilicia, (now southern Anatolia). Illustration after a Roman mosaic discovered at Pompeii based on a picture by an Alexandrian artist. The city of Pompeii was destroyed in 79 AD.