Roxana
Sogdian or Bactrian princess who married Alexander the Great / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Roxana (disambiguation).
Roxana (dead 310 BC,[1] Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā- "shining, radiant, brilliant"; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Rukhsana, Roxandra and Roxane) was a Sogdian[2][3] or a Bactrian[4] princess who 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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Born | Bactria |
Died | 310 BC Amphipolis, Macedon, Ancient Greece |
Spouse | Alexander the Great |
Issue | Alexander IV |
Father | Oxyartes |
Religion | Zoroastrianism |
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