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Mass weddings at Susa 324BC []]==

Mass weddings at Susa 324BC []]==. Susa. 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.

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Mass weddings at Susa 324BC []]==

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  1. Mass weddings at Susa 324BC []]== Susa

  2. see Paul Artus p.102 • Susa is the capital of Susiana. • Alexander held an expensive marriage ceremonywhich 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

  3. 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) [Stateira’s sister also married off to Hephaistion] • And he married Parysatis (daughter of Artaxerxes III Ochus)

  4. Roxane • Daughter of Oxyartes, Bactrian princess • Captured after Alexander took over the Sogdian Rock • Bore Alexander a son, posthumously (after her death) = Alexander IV

  5. …Some earlier visions of Roxane Rubens, The Crowning of Roxane by Alexander Alessandro Varotari (1588-1648), Roxane and Alexander IV

  6. Sodoma (1525)The Wedding of Alexander and Roxane

  7. Mughal Indianminiature paintingThe Wedding of Alexander and Roxane

  8. 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 Alexander’s death but were important as they symbolised the transfer of power to the Macedonians. • The weddings were another example of Alexander’s P___ of F____

  9. ‘for the brides’ ‘how successful was this policy’ p.102 • he married 90 macedonians • This was “culmination of Alexander’s policy of fusion” Make a movie poster!- key characters, year it will be released

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