Roxana

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Roxana

Roxana (rŏksănˈə) or Roxane (–sănˈē), d. 311 B.C., wife of Alexander the Great. She was the daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian baron, and Alexander married her (327) to consolidate his power in Persia. She and Alexander's posthumous son, Alexander IV, were, after Alexander's death, embroiled in the wars of the Diadochi and were imprisoned by Cassander at Amphipolis, Macedon. They were later killed.

Roxana

sleeps with the rich to get ahead in world. [Br. Lit.: Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress]

See: Ambition

Roxana

mistress of many before marrying one of her lovers. [Br. Lit.: Roxana]

See: Mistresses

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On the first of February, 1830, two boy babes were born in his house; one to him, one to one of his slave girls, Roxana by name.

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Remembered through time as a remarkable beauty, Roxana catches the attention of Alexander the Great while negotiating the surrender of the people under her father's authority.

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Roxana, IL, July 10, 2017 --(PR.com)-- On June 16, 2017, Duane Shirley filed a complaint which alleges that his wife, Theresa Shirley, contracted multiple myeloma and eventually died because of benzene she was exposed to while she grew up and went to school near the Wood River Refinery in Roxana, Illinois and the old Amoco Refinery in Wood River Illinois.

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Theresa Shirley Seeking Damages for Multiple Myeloma Allegedly Caused by Benzene Exposure

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