Mass weddings at Susa 324BC []]==

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Mass weddings at Susa 324BC
Susa
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see Paul Artus p.102

• Susa is the capital of Susiana.
• Alexander held an expensive marriage ceremony
  which the Persian Princesses and other noble
  women were married to Macedonian Soldiers.
• The wedding ceremonies lasted 5 days, held in a
  luxurious tent. Entertainers were recruited from
  all over the Greek World

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• Alexander married 2 Princesses, (He had already
  married Roxane, daughter of a Sogdian Baron in
  327BC) This time he married Stateira (the
  eldest daughter of Darius III) Stateiras
  sister also married off to Hephaistion
• And he married Parysatis (daughter of Artaxerxes
  III Ochus)

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Roxane
Daughter of Oxyartes, Bactrian princess
Captured after Alexander took over the Sogdian
Rock Bore Alexander a son, posthumously (after
her death) Alexander IV
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Some earlier visions of Roxane
Rubens, The Crowning of Roxane by Alexander
Alessandro Varotari (1588-1648), Roxane and
Alexander IV
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Sodoma (1525)The Wedding of Alexander and Roxane
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Mughal Indianminiature paintingThe Wedding of
Alexander and Roxane
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• 90 other marriages were celebrated. Each was
  given an impressive dowry by Alexander (to
  improve relations with his troops)
• Many marriages did not last after Alexanders
  death but were important as they symbolised the
  transfer of power to the Macedonians.
• The weddings were another example of Alexanders
  P___ of F____

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• for the brides
• how successful was this policy
• p.102
• he married 90 macedonians
• This was culmination of Alexanders policy of
  fusion
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