The marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxane
In 327 B.C.E., the daughter of a Bactrian Nobleman Oxyartes, Roxane, married Alexander the Great. She was the first at the age of 16 to marry the brilliant military mind of two, possibly three wives. Roxane's son was Alexander Aegus whom Alexander the Great never got to meet- he died before the child was born. She ordered the death of Alexander's second wife Stateira of Persia killed. Getting a taste of her own medicine, while on the way to live with Alexander's mother Olympias in 319, her caravan was captured by a successor of Alexander (Cassander) in 316 and was killed along with her son for posing a threat to the throne.
Just skimming the surface of the many places he visited can be found on this map : Alexander the Great
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