Roxana

Roxana
Roxana
	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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[:2-1] Badian, Ernst. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[2] 
Ahmed, S. Z. (2004). Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road. West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing. p. 61.

Strachan, Edward; Bolton, Roy (2008). Russia and Europe in the Nineteenth Century. London: Sphinx Fine Art. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-907200-02-1.

Ramirez-Faria, Carlos (2007). Concise Encyclopedia of World History. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 450. ISBN 978-81-269-0775-5.

[3] Ahmed, S. Z. (2004). Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road. West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing. p. 61.

[4] Strachan, Edward; Bolton, Roy (2008). Russia and Europe in the Nineteenth Century. London: Sphinx Fine Art. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-907200-02-1.

[5] Ramirez-Faria, Carlos (2007). Concise Encyclopedia of World History. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 450. ISBN 978-81-269-0775-5.

[christopoulos_2012_p4-3] Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012). Mair, Victor H. (ed.). "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (230). Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations: 4. ISSN 2157-9687.

[4] 
"Roxana". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

Schmitt, Rüdiger (20 July 2002). "OXYARTES". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

Strabo 11.11.4.

Rawlinson, Hugh G. (1912). Bactria, the History of a Forgotten Empire.^{[page needed]}

[8] "Roxana". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[9] Schmitt, Rüdiger (20 July 2002). "OXYARTES". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[10] Strabo 11.11.4.

[11] Rawlinson, Hugh G. (1912). Bactria, the History of a Forgotten Empire.^{[page needed]}

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