Talarico House

Between the two beautiful Fancelli windows on the first floor is the best preserved part of the two large fresco episodes. These depict the "Clemency of Alexander", an anecdote taken from the text by Curzio Rufo. The Latin inscription declaims that nothing is more commendable or worthy for a great man than leniency and clemency. After the battle of Issus, Alexander shows himself to be merciful towards the defeated Persians. It is worth noting that this theme, while alluding to Alexander's magnanimity, is clearly directed at the upper echelons of government and not at everyday folk in the city.