At Susa Alexander held a feast to rejoice the seizure in the Persian empire, at which, in furtherance of his coverage of fusing Macedonians and Persians into 1 master race, he and 80 of his officers took Persian wives; he and Hephaestion married Darius’s daughters Barsine (also called Stateira) and Drypetis, respectively, and 10,000 of his troope… Read More