 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vanyori venhau dzakaitika kare, pamwe chete nevemazuva ano, vakanyorawo nezvokuroora kwaAlexander mukadzi akanaka wePersia anonzi Roxana. Robin Lane Fox anonyora kuti, Roxana akanzi nevanhu vakararama panguva imwe chete naye ndiye mukadzi akanga akanaka kupfuura vose muAsia. Iye akafanirwa nezita rake reRoshanak, rinoreva nyeredzi duku, zvichida rokhshana kana kuti roshana zvinoreva chiedza uye chinovhenekera muchiPersia. Kuroorana nemhuri yomunhu mukuru womunzvimbomo kwakanga kune mufungo wakanaka wezvamatongerwe enyika, asi vanhu vomunguva imwe cheteyo vakataura kuti Alexander, aiva namakore 28, akarasikirwawo nomwoyo wake. Mutambo womuchato wavose vari vaviri wakarongwa kumusoro pane rimwe ramatombo ePersia. Alexander nomwenga wake vakagoverana chingwa, tsika ichiri kucherechedzwa muTurkestan. Nenzira inozivikanwa, Alexander akacheka nomunondo wake. Ulrich Wilcken anonyora kuti, Mubayiro wakaisvonaka kwazvo wakawira kwaari wakanga uri Roxana, mwanasikana waOxyartes, mukutanga kwekubudirira kwepwere, uye mukutonga kweshamwari dzaAlexander, pedyo naStateira mudzimai waDhariusi, mukadzi akanaka zvikurusa wavakanga vaona muAsia. Alexander akamuda zvikuru uye akatsunga kumusimudza kuti ave mudzimai wake. 