the Battle of Issus - 333 B.C. - a photo on Flickriver

The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. It was fought between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and Achaemenid Persia, led by Darius III.

It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of Asia following the battle of the Granicus.

The invading Greek troops defeated Persia and continued their march through the Middle East, into Egypt, then Persia itself and to Afghanistan and India beyond.

The battle has been reproduced and romanticised in various pieces of art in the last 2300 years.

My favourite of those is the "Alexander Mosaic" which I have tried to recreate in Lego. It is not the same or as good, but I really wanted to try it.

Read more about the mosaic and the battle here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mosaic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Issus

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I grew up with, and always loved stories about Alexander the Great.

Those stories in turn made me love history, geography and travel.

In 2012, I went to an exhibition on Alexander the Great and at the end of it, they had a small area depicting Alexanders influence on todays pop-culture. One of the things in the cabinet was a Lego Series 2 Spartan. I had not thought of Lego in a long time but that little minfig dragged me out of my dark ages.

Since then, I wanted to do a tribute to Alexander, to Lego and to that moment. And now, a few years (and a lot of dollars) later, I finally got around to it!

It is a little different to the original mosaic, but I wanted to put my own little spin on it and instead of showing horse rear-ends, I included a clash of the Greek and Persian lines in the middle, with Alexander charging on the left, and Darius in his chariot on the right.

I hope you enjoy it :)

Taken on: August 17, 2016

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Camera: Olympus E-M5, f/5.9, 10 sec, 42mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

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