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Roxana | |
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![]() Marriage of Alexander and Roxana by Il Sodoma | |
Born | Bactria |
Died | 310 BC Amphipolis, Macedon, Ancient Greece |
Spouse | Alexander the Great |
Issue | Alexander IV |
Father | Oxyartes |
Religion | Zoroastrianism |
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 is unknown, but she was probably in her early teens at the time of her wedding.
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