Alexander marries Roxana
327 BCE · Event
To close the endless Bactrian insurgency, Alexander marries Roxana, daughter of a local baron — a Sogdian bride over every Macedonian objection. Their son, born after his father's death, will be a pawn of the successors until they murder him too.
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