Table of Contents

1. Introduction and methodology; 2. Battle images and battle narratives: the background; 3. The question of the copy; 4. The battle between Darius and Alexander: the first level of existence; 5. The narrative and the dramatic; 6. The narrative and the descriptive; 7. The mosaic in Roman context: the second level of existence; Epilogue.

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A study of the richest, most complex and visually stunning monuments of classical antiquity.

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'This is a rich, subtle, well-researched, fair, and often convincing study … [It] is essential reading for any serious student of Greek art in general and the Alexander Mosaic in particular.' American Journal of Archaeology