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Roxana (dead 310 BC, [1] Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā-"shining, radiant, brilliant") sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane was a Sogdian [2] [3] or a Bactrian [4] princess whom Alexander the Great married after defeating Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, and invading Persia. The exact date of her birth ...
Roxana was the wife of Alexander the Great, the king of Macedonia who conquered Asia. She survived him by a few years and was killed by Cassander, who also executed her son.
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Alexander’s motivation behind his decision of marrying Roxana has been a subject of debate among both ancient and modern scholars. According to most classical sources, Alexander fell in love with Roxana pretty much at first sight, because of her great beauty and majestic conduct. Yet, other sources do not disregard political and geostrategic factor...
During the rest of Alexander’s reign, Roxana remained in the shadows, playing no noteworthy public role. She likely followed Alexander in his campaign to India, thus breaking, with her husband’s approval, the Macedonians’ custom of not bringing wives with them on military campaigns. Wives following husbands on military campaigns were, however, a Pe...
Unlike Alexander’s other wives, Roxana was with him when he lost his life to malaria in Babylon in June 323. At the time, she was either six months or eight months pregnant with Alexander’s child. Meanwhile, there were several, opposing factions to the problem of succession. The decision-makers were all Macedonians so Roxana, even though she was ex...
As far as Perdiccas was concerned, in the scenario he proposed he would remain the effective ruler of the whole empire while still keeping that empire united; both Arrhidaeus and an infant son were incompetent to rule without a regent, the first because of a mental handicap and the second due to age. Perdiccas “support” for Roxana also steamed from...
Roxana and her son accompanied Perdiccas and the mobile court to Cappadocia and Asia Minor in 322-321. Then, in 320, they had to venture in to Egypt against Ptolemy where Perdiccas was killed by his own soldiers. At the next settlement, Antipater was appointed as Perdiccas’ successor in the regency thus bringing Roxana under his control. Out of sus...
In late 317, Olympias, acting on Polyperchon’s offer, moved quickly into Macedon in charge of an army of Epirotes. For Olympias, her involvement was the only way to ensure that Alexander IV would live to reach maturity, assume kingship, and continue Alexander’s legacy. Olympias swiftly defeated Adea/Eurydice and Philip Arrhidaeus and then had them ...
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Kidnapping, murder, and risqué relationships! Within the scandalous pages of The Abysmal Flower, the downfall of Roxana Agrece’s criminal family is already foretold.
Sep 15, 2022 · Roxana (also spelled as Roxanne) was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess and the wife of the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, Alexander the Great. She was the daughter of Oxyartes, and she was captured and eventually married by Alexander in 327 BCE at the time of his conquest of Asia.
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Feb 20, 2024 · Explore the untold story of Roxana, the remarkable queen who defied convention in ancient Persia. From her pivotal role alongside Alexander the Great to her legacy of courage and...
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As soon as Alexander died in 323 BC, Roxana murdered Alexander's two other wives. Roxana wished to cement her own position and that of her son, unborn at that time, by ridding herself of a rival who could be—or claim to be—pregnant.
