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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.
Jul 11, 2024 · Roxana (died c. 310 bc, Amphipolis, Thrace) was the wife of Alexander the Great. The daughter of the Bactrian chief Oxyartes, she was captured and married by Alexander in 327, during his conquest of Asia.
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.
Dec 7, 2022 · This was the name of Alexander the Great's first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes. In the modern era it came into use during the 17th century. In the English-speaking world it was popularized by Daniel Defoe, who used it in his novel Roxana (1724).
Nov 20, 2020 · Roxana was the daughter of the Bactrian noble Oxyartes, born around 340 B.C.E. She became the first formal wife of Alexander III “the Great” in the spring of 327. The circumstances surrounding Roxana’s marriage with the Macedonian invader are unclear.
Mar 8, 2012 · It was the sixteen-year-old daughter of Oxyartes: Roxanne, a name that means “little star.” She was considered by many of those who saw her as the most beautiful woman they had ever seen — even more beautiful than the wife of the fallen King Darius.
Roxana (rŏksăn´ə) or Roxane (–săn´ē), d. 311 BC, wife of Alexander the Great. She was the daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian baron, and Alexander married her (327) to consolidate his power in Persia.
Aug 18, 2022 · Roxana (Old Iranian Raoxshna), alternatively Roxanne, Roxanna, Rukhsana, Roxandra, and Roxane, was a wife of Alexander the Great. The daughter of Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes, Roxane was a Sogdian or Bactrian princess.
Roxana was the wife of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great. She was the daughter of the Bactrian chief Oxyartes and was captured and married by Alexander in 327 BCE.
Alexander the Great’s Wife: Roxana. Roxana was a Bactrian princess born around 340 B.C. in a region that modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan now cover. Her father was Oxyartes, a Bactrian nobleman. When Alexander the Great captured Bactria and Sogdia, Oxyartes and other war chiefs continued to resist the Macedonian army.
