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Roxana sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxzana, and Roxane, was a Bactrian or Sogdian princess who married Alexander the Great after he invaded Persia and defeated Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid
Alexander the Great and Roxana, 1756 painting by Pietro Rotari
The Wedding of Alexander and Roxane (1898–1899), an engraving by André Castaigne.
Stateira, possibly also known as Barsine, was the daughter of Stateira and Darius III of Persia. After her father's defeat at the Battle of Issus, Stateira and her sisters became captives of Alexander
Roxana
…he promoted a brother of Roxana's to the elite cavalry. To encourage a better acceptance of his government among the Persians, Alexander also married Stateira II, the daughter of the deposed Persian king Darius III. After Alexander's sudden death at Babylon in 323 BC, Roxana is believed to have murdered Stateira…
The marriages of Stateira II to Alexander III of Macedon and her sister, Drypetis, to Hephaestion at Susa in 324 BC
A mural in Pompeii, depicting Alexander and one of his wives