Mass wedding at Susa

E366117

historical event royal wedding ceremony

The Mass wedding at Susa was a grand ceremonial event in 324 BC where Alexander the Great married Stateira II and arranged numerous marriages between his Macedonian officers and Persian noblewomen to symbolize the fusion of their cultures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mass wedding at Susa canonical	1
Susa weddings	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ royal wedding ceremony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Susa weddings ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ Argead dynasty ⓘ
category	4th-century BC events ⓘ Events associated with Alexander the Great ⓘ Weddings of heads of state ⓘ
ceremonyType	mass marriage ceremony ⓘ
culturalPolicyOf	Alexander the Great ⓘ
date	324 BC ⓘ
hasParticipant	Alexander the Great ⓘ Macedonian officers ⓘ Persian noblewomen ⓘ Stateira II ⓘ
historicalSignificance	illustrates Alexander the Great's imperial integration strategy ⓘ
involvedPractice	common wedding rites for Macedonians and Persians ⓘ mass distribution of dowries by Alexander the Great ⓘ
locatedIn	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
location	Susa ⓘ
notableMarriage	Alexander the Great ⓘ surface form: Alexander the Great – Parysatis II Stateira II ⓘ surface form: Alexander the Great – Stateira II Hephaestion – Drypetis ⓘ
numberOfMarriages	approximately 80 ⓘ
organizedBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ
politicalContext	Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
purpose	consolidate Alexander the Great's rule over Persia ⓘ symbolize fusion of Macedonian and Persian cultures ⓘ
recordedBy	Arrian of Nicomedia ⓘ surface form: Arrian Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ
relatedConcept	policy of fusion ⓘ
relatedTo	Greco-Persian cultural relations ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
result	many marriages later dissolved by Macedonian successors ⓘ
symbolism	attempted integration of conquered Persian nobility ⓘ union of Macedonian and Persian elites ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter	Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ surface form: Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
tookPlaceBefore	death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
tookPlaceInBuilding	palace at Susa ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stateira II → event → Mass wedding at Susa ⓘ

Achaemenid–Macedonian dynastic union → hasRelatedEvent → Mass wedding at Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Susa weddings