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Roxana (dead 310 BC, Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā-"shining, radiant, brilliant"; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Rukhsana, Roxandra and Roxane) was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess who Alexander the Great married after defeating Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, and invading Persia. The exact date of her birth is ...
May 16, 2024 · Roxana (died c. 310 bc, Amphipolis, Thrace) was the wife of Alexander the Great. The daughter of the Bactrian chief Oxyartes, she was captured and married by Alexander in 327, during his conquest of Asia. After Alexander’s death, she had his second wife, Stateira (Barsine), killed, and she gave birth at Babylon to a son (Alexander IV), who ...
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Sep 15, 2022 · Learn about the three women who married Alexander the Great: Roxana, Stateira II, and Parysatis. Find out how they met, why they married, and what happened to them after Alexander's death.
Nov 20, 2020 · Home. Biographies. Roxana: The Light and Dark Sides of An Eastern Beauty. Biographies. November 20, 2020. Roxana: The Light and Dark Sides of An Eastern Beauty. Roxana was the daughter of the Bactrian noble Oxyartes, born around 340 B.C.E. She became the first formal wife of Alexander III “the Great” in the spring of 327.
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.
Dec 7, 2022 · Roxana is a feminine name derived from an Old Persian or Bactrian word meaning \"bright, shining\". It was the name of Alexander the Great's wife and has been used in literature, politics and sports.
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The story of his marriage to a daughter of Sogdian leader, beautiful Roxana, - a romantic and tragic story of deep but short-lived love - by all means ranks high. These three years were, probably, the hardest in Alexander's eastern campaign: in Sogdiana and Bactria he met the most stubborn resistance.
