The Mosaics of Heraclea Lyncestis

An ancient city, founded by Philip II of Macedon in the fourth century BC. Now it is in Macedonia, or, as our government insists on calling it, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedon. In Roman times it was on a great road called the Via Egnatia, which ran from Dyrrachium on the Adriatic to Byzantium. Now the city is best known for these wonderful mosaics, in a building thought to be an early Christian basilica.