Earlier mass marriages ?

[susan]

Looking through the online Diodorus, I noticed that in the preface Diodorus seems to imply that Alexander held mass marriages at the time of his marriage to Roxane. I can't actually find the reference in the body of Diodorus, only in the introduction, so it may be that he was referring to the Susa Weddings - but if this is correct then the policy of integration actually started earlier.
The text says:Concerning the death of Callisthenes. --The campaign of the king against the people called Nautaces and the destruction of the army in heavy snow. -- How Alexander, enamoured of Roxane, daughter of Oxyartes, married her and persuaded numbers of his friends to marry the daughters of the prominent Iranians. --Preparation for the campaign against the Indians. Online Diodorus reference :
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/pt ... od.+17.1.1 Susan

[Tre]

Hello Susan:I'm at the office so don't have my books, but I believe there are several references in the histories regarding Alexander encouraging his men to marry non-Macedonians before the mass weddings at Susa.Regards,Tre

[agesilaos]

If you check there is is no reference to the weddings at Susa in the introduction or the body of the text,since there is a lacuna where the marriage to Roxane occurs I suspect that Diodoros merely took the opportunity of this Oriental alliance to review all his Eastern marriages as an aside or excursus divorced from the chronology.

[agesilaos]

Oops! There is a notice of the Susa weddings in the main body of Diodoros at XVII 107 vi; However it is the briefest of notes and I stand by my interpretation of the notice in the list of contents.