8 moments

1. Capture at the Sogdian Rock

   0327-01-01 BC · Sogdian Rock, Sogdiana, present-day Tajikistan

   

   Roxana was among Oxyartes’s family at the Sogdian Rock when Alexander’s forces captured the fortress. This encounter led to her marriage to Alexander during his Sogdian campaign. The exact archaeological identification of the Sogdian Rock is uncertain; coordinates are the representative location used by the linked reference work.

2. Indian campaign near the Acesines

   0326-11-01 BC · Acesines (Chenab) River, Punjab, present-day Pakistan

   

   Roxana accompanied Alexander’s expedition into India. Their first-born child died in infancy near the Acesines River in November 326 BC. The surviving account identifies the river but not a precise point on its banks; coordinates represent the Chenab/Acesines river corridor.

3. Birth of Alexander IV

   0323-01-01 BC · Babylon, Babylonia, present-day Iraq

   

   Roxana gave birth to Alexander IV, Alexander the Great’s posthumous legitimate son, at Babylon. The birth made her and her child central to the imperial succession crisis. The source gives August 323 BC; the card retains year precision because the chronology’s date field uses BC-era year notation.

4. Flight to Epirus with Alexander IV

   0318-01-01 BC · Epirus, ancient Greece

   

   During the Macedonian civil war, Roxana and her young son followed Polyperchon into Epirus after Cassander took control of Macedon. The source establishes Epirus but no more specific settlement; coordinates are a representative point in the region.

5. Protection in Macedonia

   0317-01-01 BC · Macedonia, ancient Greece

   

   Roxana and Alexander IV returned to Macedonia under the protection of Olympias amid the contest for control of the Macedonian kingship. The source identifies Macedonia rather than a particular town; coordinates are a representative point near ancient Pella.

6. Imprisonment in the citadel of Amphipolis

   0316-01-01 BC · Citadel of Amphipolis, Amphipolis, Macedon, ancient Greece

   

   After Olympias was killed, Cassander imprisoned Roxana and Alexander IV in Amphipolis, where they remained under guard. Coordinates represent ancient Amphipolis; the exact location of the cited citadel within the archaeological area is not specified.

7. Refuge at Pydna

   0316-01-01 BC · Pydna, Macedon, ancient Greece

   

   As Cassander gained control of Macedonia, Olympias, Roxana, and Alexander IV took refuge in the fortified coastal city of Pydna before its surrender. The refuge and ensuing surrender belong to the 316 BC campaign; the quoted source does not preserve a more precise date.

8. Murder at Amphipolis

   0310-01-01 BC · Amphipolis, Macedon, ancient Greece

   

   Cassander ordered the killing of Roxana and Alexander IV while they were held at Amphipolis, ending Alexander’s legitimate direct line. Ancient and modern chronologies disagree over the exact year. The death year is contested: accounts and modern reconstructions range from 311 to 304 BC, though this source presents 310 BC.