About: Roxana of Bactria

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Roxana (Greek: Ρωξάνη; Old Iranian Raoxshna; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane), was a Bactrian princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain, and died in ca. 310 BC.

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rdf:type	Historical Figure
rdfs:label	Roxana of Bactria
rdfs:comment	Roxana (Greek: Ρωξάνη; Old Iranian Raoxshna; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane), was a Bactrian princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain, and died in ca. 310 BC.
dcterms:subject	Historical Figures Deaths by Poison (OTL) 4th-Century BC Deaths Widowed People (OTL) Hellenic Traders Characters 4th-Century BC Births Queens Consort Persians Murder Victims (OTL)
type of appearance	Posthumous reference
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Appearance	Over the Wine-Dark Sea
Spouse	Alexander the Great
Name	Roxana of Bactria
Cause of Death	Poison
Children	Alexander IV of Macedon
Death	c. 309
Birth	Unknown, before 343 BC
Nationality	Bactria
abstract	Roxana (Greek: Ρωξάνη; Old Iranian Raoxshna; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane), was a Bactrian princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain, and died in ca. 310 BC. Roxana was the daughter of a minor Bactrian baron named Oxyartes of Balkh in Bactria (around the modern-day Balkh province of Afghanistan). In 327 BC Alexander the Great married Roxana despite the strong opposition from all his companions and generals. She was pregnant with his son Alexander IV when he died unexpectedly. She and her son soon became pawns of the various factions battling for their stake in Alexander the Great's empire. She and her son were both poisoned on the orders of the general Cassander, who wanted to take Macedon for himself.
is Spouse of	Alexander the Great
is Parents of	Alexander IV of Macedon

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