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Green argues that there is little evidence in ancient sources that Alexander had much carnal interest in women; he did not produce an heir until the very end of his life. [218] However, Ogden calculates that Alexander, who impregnated his partners thrice in eight years, had a higher matrimonial record than his father at the same age. [253] Two of these pregnancies — Stateira's and Barsine's — are of dubious legitimacy. [254] Gerin, Dominique; Grandjean, Catherine; Amandry, Michel; DE CALLATAY, François (2001). Alexander". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009 . Retrieved 11 December 2009.

Emperor Julian in his satire called "The Caesars", describes a contest between the previous Roman emperors, with Alexander the Great called in as an extra contestant, in the presence of the assembled gods. [291] Alexander tried to persuade his soldiers to march farther, but his general Coenus pleaded with him to change his opinion and return; the men, he said, "longed to again see their parents, their wives and children, their homeland". Alexander eventually agreed and turned south, marching along the Indus. Along the way his army conquered the Malhi (in modern-day Multan) and other Indian tribes; while besieging the Mallian citadel, Alexander suffered a near-fatal injury when an arrow penetrated his armor and entered his lung. [134] [135] The Itinerarium Alexandri is a 4th-century Latin Itinerarium which describes Alexander the Great's campaigns. Julius Caesar went to serve his quaestorship in Hispania after his wife's funeral, in the spring or early summer of 69 BC. While there, he encountered a statue of Alexander the Great, and realised with dissatisfaction that he was now at an age when Alexander had the world at his feet, while he had achieved comparatively little. [292] [293]The Anabasis of Alexander; or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great. Literally translated, with a commentary, from the Greek of Arrian, the Nicomedian". London, Hodder and Stoughton. 18 January 1884 – via Internet Archive.

Main article: Personal relationships of Alexander the Great A mural in Pompeii, depicting the marriage of Alexander to Barsine ( Stateira) in 324 BC; the couple are apparently dressed as Ares and Aphrodite. When Philip returned to Pella, he fell in love with and married Cleopatra Eurydice in 338 BC, [38] the niece of his general Attalus. [39] The marriage made Alexander's position as heir less secure, since any son of Cleopatra Eurydice would be a fully Macedonian heir, while Alexander was only half-Macedonian. [40] During the wedding banquet, a drunken Attalus publicly prayed to the gods that the union would produce a legitimate heir. [39] a b Briant, Pierre (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns. p.817. ISBN 978-1-57506-120-7 . Retrieved 21 February 2019.Gabriel, Richard A (2002). "The army of Byzantium". The Great Armies of Antiquity. Greenwood. p.277. ISBN 978-0-275-97809-9 . Retrieved 5 September 2020. Mary Renault (1979). The Nature of Alexander. Pantheon. p.110. ISBN 978-0-394-73825-3. No record at all exists of such a woman [ie, Barsine] accompanying his march; nor of any claim by her, or her powerful kin, that she had borne him offspring. Yet twelve years after his death a boy was produced, seventeen years old, born therefore five years after Damascus, her alleged son "brought up in Pergamon"; a claimant and shortlived pawn in the succession wars, chosen probably for a physical resemblance to Alexander. That he actually did marry another Barsine must have helped both to launch and preserve the story; but no source reports any notice whatever taken by him of a child who, Roxane's being posthumous, would have been during his lifetime his only son, by a near-royal mother. In a man who named cities after his horse and dog, this strains credulity. Foreman, Laura (2004). Alexander the conqueror: the epic story of the warrior king. Da Capo Press. p.217. ISBN 978-0-306-81293-4 . Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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