<sod>'''Roxana''' ({{lang-grc|Ῥωξάνη}}; [[Old Iranian]] ''Raoxshna''; sometimes '''Roxanne''', '''Roxanna''', '''Roxandra''' and '''Roxane''') was a [[Sogdia|Sogdian]]<ref> Ahmed, S. Z. (2004), ''Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road'', West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing, p. 61.</ref><ref>Strachan, Edward and Roy Bolton (2008), ''Russia and Europe in the Nineteenth Century'', London: Sphinx Fine Art, p. 87, ISBN 978-1-907200-02-1.</ref><ref>Livius.org. "[http://www.livius.org/articles/person/roxane/ Roxane]." ''Articles on Ancient History''. Page last modified 17 August 2015. Retrieved on 29 August 2016.</ref><ref>Carlos Ramirez-Faria (2007), ''Concise Encyclopedia of World History'', New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, p. 450, ISBN 81-269-0775-4.</ref><ref name="christopoulos 2012 p4">Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)," in Victor H. Mair (ed), ''Sino-Platonic Papers'', No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, p. 4, ISSN 2157-9687.</ref> [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] princess of [[Bactria]] and a wife of the [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Macedonians (Greeks)|Macedonian]] king, [[Alexander the Great]]. She was born in ca. 340&nbsp;BC{{sfn|Badian|2015}} – though the precise date remains uncertain – in the area now know as Afghanistan<ref>Into The Land of Bones: Alexander The Great In Afghanistan |publisher=University of California Press; 1 edition Chapter 5 |year = 2006 </ref> and died in ca. 310 BC.<ref name="christopoulos 2012 p4"/><eod>
<sod>'''Roxana''' ({{lang-grc|Ῥωξάνη}}; [[Old Iranian]] ''Raoxshna''; sometimes '''Roxanne''', '''Roxanna''', '''Roxandra''' and '''Roxane''') was a [[Sogdia|Sogdian]]<ref> Ahmed, S. Z. (2004), ''Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road'', West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing, p. 61.</ref><ref>Strachan, Edward and Roy Bolton (2008), ''Russia and Europe in the Nineteenth Century'', London: Sphinx Fine Art, p. 87, ISBN 978-1-907200-02-1.</ref><ref>Livius.org. "[http://www.livius.org/articles/person/roxane/ Roxane]." ''Articles on Ancient History''. Page last modified 17 August 2015. Retrieved on 29 August 2016.</ref><ref>Carlos Ramirez-Faria (2007), ''Concise Encyclopedia of World History'', New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, p. 450, ISBN 81-269-0775-4.</ref><ref name="christopoulos 2012 p4">Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)," in Victor H. Mair (ed), ''Sino-Platonic Papers'', No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, p. 4, ISSN 2157-9687.</ref> [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] princess of [[Bactria]] and a wife of the [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Macedonians (Greeks)|Macedonian]] king, [[Alexander the Great]]. She was born in ca. 340&nbsp;BC{{sfn|Badian|2015}} – though the precise date remains uncertain and died in ca. 310 BC.<ref name="christopoulos 2012 p4"/><eod>