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Roxana (Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian Raoxshna; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane), was a Bactrian princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain, and died in c. 310 BC.
Roxana was born in ca. 340 BC—she was the daughter of a Bactrian nobleman named Oxyartes, who served Bessus, the satrap of Bactria and Sogdia. He was thus probably also involved in the murder of the last Achaemenid king Darius III. After Bessus was captured by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great, Oxyartes and his family continued to resist the Greeks, and along with other Iranian notables such as the Sogdian warlord Spitamenes, enforced themselves in a fortress known as the Sogdian Rock.
However, they were eventually defeated by Alexander, who reportedly fell in love with Roxana on sight; in 327 BC, Alexander married Roxana despite the strong opposition from all his companions and generals. Alexander thereafter made an expedition into India, where he appointed Oxyartes as the governor of Punjab and its surroundings. During this period, Roxana was in a safe place in Susa. When Alexander returned to Susa, he promoted a brother of Roxana as one of the troops of the elite cavalry.
Roxana (4th century BC) was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great.
Roxana or Roxanna may also refer to:
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (full title: The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II) is a 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe.
Born in France, from which her parents fled because of religious persecution, Roxana grew to adolescence in England. At the age of fifteen, she married a handsome but conceited man. After eight years of marriage, during which time her husband went through all of their money, Roxana is left penniless with five children. She appeals for aid to her husband’s relatives, all of whom refuse her except one old aunt, who is in no position to help her materially. Amy, Roxana’s maid, refuses to leave her mistress although she receives no wages for her work. Another poor old woman whom Roxana had aided during her former prosperity adds her efforts to those of the old aunt and Amy. These good people manage to extract money from the relatives of the children’s father, and all five of the little ones are given over to the care of the poor old woman.
Nos visita Cristina Pérez para presentar su libro "Cuentos inesperados" y conversar sobre las obras de teatro que protagoniza: "Macbeth" y "Antonio y Cleopatra", dirigidas por Patricio Orozco. Entrevistamos a Mauricio Rosencoff sobre sus libros "Diez minutos" y "Sala 8" que narran su cautiverio de once años junto a Pepe Mujica, durante la última dictadura uruguaya. Y recibimos a Roxana Berco, Hugo Urquijo y Patricio Orozco para conversar sobre el VIII Festival Beckett de Buenos Aires. http://www.tvpublica.com.ar https://www.facebook.com/tvpublica https://twitter.com/TV_Publica
Fragmento del cortometraje "Amor, Historias, Tres", de Franco Dupuy.
Actriz de extensa trayectoria y docente. Nominada a los premios ACE como mejor actriz por su trabajo en "Greek" que restrenará en agosto. Actualmente, protagoniza "Los días felices" de Samuel Beckett, con drección de Lamberto Arévalo. Se presenta los sábados a las 21 horas en el Sportivo Teatral, Thames 1426.
Imágenes de Roxana Berco, protagonista del film "Como pasan las horas", con Susana Campos y Guillermo Arengo; dirección de Inés de Oliveira Cézar. Guión, Daniel Veronese y Oliveira Cézar. Año 2005. Argentina. Más información www.roxanaberco.blogspot.com
Roxana Berco, actriz invitada en la serie "Amas de Casa Desesperadas", transmitida por Canal 13, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Para más información sobre Roxana Berco: www.roxanaberco.blogspot.com
"Los días felices", de Samuel Beckett, comenzará su segunda temporada el domingo 9 de marzo a las 20.30 hs. en el teatro Patio de Actores de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Funciones: Domingos 20.30 hs. Con: Roxana Berco y Eduardo Florio. Dirección: Lamberto Arévalo
"Alicia en el país de las maravillas". Trabajo de muestra del taller de teatro para adolescentes, coordinado por Roxana Berco. Teatro "El camarín de las musas". Diciembre 2008. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Más información en www.roxanaberco.blogspot.com
Sobre La Boda de Fanny Fonaroff
Roxana (Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian Raoxshna; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane), was a Bactrian princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain, and died in c. 310 BC.
Roxana was born in ca. 340 BC—she was the daughter of a Bactrian nobleman named Oxyartes, who served Bessus, the satrap of Bactria and Sogdia. He was thus probably also involved in the murder of the last Achaemenid king Darius III. After Bessus was captured by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great, Oxyartes and his family continued to resist the Greeks, and along with other Iranian notables such as the Sogdian warlord Spitamenes, enforced themselves in a fortress known as the Sogdian Rock.
However, they were eventually defeated by Alexander, who reportedly fell in love with Roxana on sight; in 327 BC, Alexander married Roxana despite the strong opposition from all his companions and generals. Alexander thereafter made an expedition into India, where he appointed Oxyartes as the governor of Punjab and its surroundings. During this period, Roxana was in a safe place in Susa. When Alexander returned to Susa, he promoted a brother of Roxana as one of the troops of the elite cavalry.