The mass weddings at Susa
324 BCE · Event
In one vast ceremony Alexander marries two Persian princesses and weds ninety of his officers to Persian noblewomen — the fusion of conquerors and conquered made flesh. Weeks later at Opis he faces down a mutiny over the same policy and ends it with a reconciliation banquet for nine thousand.
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