Oxyartes

Sogdian ruler

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Oxyartes was a Bactrian chief and the father of Roxana, the wife of Alexander the Great. Roxana was captured and married by Alexander in 327 BCE during his conquest of Asia. After Alexander's death, Roxana had his other wife killed and gave birth to a son, Alexander IV, who was accepted as king. Oxyartes' daughter's marriage to Alexander the Great connected him to the Macedonian king's empire.1

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Alexander the Great
Campaign eastward to Central Asia
…the same year he attacked Oxyartes and the remaining barons who held out in the hills of Paraetacene (modern Tajikistan); volunteers seized the crag on which Oxyartes had his stronghold, and among the captives was his daughter, Roxana. In reconciliation Alexander married her, and the rest of his opponents were…
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…the same year he attacked Oxyartes and the remaining barons who held out in the hills of Paraetacene (modern Tajikistan); volunteers seized the crag on which Oxyartes had his stronghold, and among the captives was his daughter, Roxana. In reconciliation Alexander married her, and the rest of his opponents were…
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