Around 300 BCE, Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great’s generals founded the city of Seleucia on the Euphrates, later known as Zeugma (“the bridge”). It stood at a vital crossing point between East and West, linking Anatolia and Mesopotamia along the great trade routes of the ancient world. By the 2nd century BCE, Zeugma flourished under the Seleucid Empire, and its wealthy citizens decorated their villas with intricate mosaics celebrating Greek culture and mythology. Among them was thi

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