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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 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 territory ruled by Demetrius, from Bactria to Pataliputra, was then separated between western and eastern parts, and ruled by several sub-kings and successor kings. The Western part made of Bactria was ruled by a succession of Greco-Bactrian kings until the end of the reign of Heliocles around 130 BCE.
Oxyartes, by René Castaigne, 19th century. Oxyartes was satrap of the Paropamisus after the death of Alexander. Oxyartes (Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼, Greek: Ὀξυάρτης, in Persian: وخشارد ("Vaxš-ard"), from an unattested form in an Old Iranian language: *Huxšaθra-[1]) was a Sogdian [2] [3] or Bactrian [4] nobleman of Bactria, father of Roxana, the wife of ...
Ῥωξάνη (Rhōxanē) is the Greek form of this name, Latinised as Roxana, and refers to the Bactrian noblewoman who was the daughter of Oxyartes of Bactria (not Sogdiana [1]) and the official wife of Alexander the Great. Bactria was in the northeastern part of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, defeated by Alexander
Alexander IV (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; 323– 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, [3] was the posthumous son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) by his wife Roxana of Bactria. As his father's only surviving legitimate child, Alexander IV inherited the throne of the Macedonian Empire after him, however ...
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Ulrich Wilcken writes, "The fairest prize that fell to him was Roxana, the daughter of Oxyartes, in the first bloom of youth, and in the judgment of Alexander's companions, next to Stateira the wife of Darius, the most beautiful woman that they had seen in Asia. Alexander fell passionately in love with her and determined to raise her to the ...