Roxana

Roxana
Roxana
	Marriage of Alexander and Roxana by Il Sodoma
Queen consort of Macedonia, Egypt, and Persia
Tenure	327-323 BC
Born	Before 336 BC; Bactria
Died	310 BC; Amphipolis, Macedon, Ancient Greece
Spouse	Alexander the Great
Issue	Unnamed first child; Alexander IV
Dynasty	Argead (by marriage)
Father	Oxyartes
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Roxana (died c. 310 BC,^[1] Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη, Rhōxánē; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā- "shining, radiant, brilliant", Persian: روشنک, romanized: Rošanak) sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane, was a Bactrian^[2]^[3]^[4] or Sogdian^[5]^[6] princess who Alexander the Great had married after defeating Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, and invading Persia.

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