Mass weddings at Susa 324BC
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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.
The wedding ceremonies lasted 5 days,
held in a luxurious tent. Entertainers were
recruited from all over the Greek World
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)
Roxane
• Daughter of Oxyartes, Bactrian princess
• Captured after Alexander took over the Sogdian Rock
• Bore Alexander a son, posthumously (after her death)
= Alexander IV
…Some earlier
visions of Roxane
Rubens, The Crowning of
Roxane by Alexander
Alessandro Varotari (1588-1648), Roxane and Alexander IV
Sodoma (1525)
The Wedding of Alexander and Roxane
Mughal Indian
miniature painting
The Wedding of Alexander
and Roxane
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____
‘for the brides’
‘how successful was this policy’
p.102
he married 90 macedonians
This was “culmination of Alexander’s policy
of fusion”
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