One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal opponent, Darius III of Persia. But in this retelling of history ...

it also preserved one of the ancient world’s most remarkable artifacts: a massive mosaic depicting Alexander the Great’s ...

Unlike ancient conquerors who took rape and ... Alexander captured the Persian royals, including Darius’ wife and mother. Instead of enslaving them, as might have been expected, he treated ...

In a campaign that forever marked the course of history, Alexander quelled rebellions in the Balkans and Greece before entering the first official battle against Persia (under Darius) in the ...

Opposite him is another leader often identified as the Persian king Darius III. The mosaic probably ... well-known representation of his face in ancient art.” Mosaics were a flourishing art ...