On whose orders did Ptolemy marry Artakama?
Hephaestion
Antipater
Alexander the Great
His own
Answer
In response to Alexander the Great’s request, his close confidant, general, and satrap of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter, took Artakama, the daughter of the Bactrian satrap Artabazus as his wife. This politically strategic marriage solidified the bond between Alexander’s most trusted lieutenant and a powerful eastern satrap, ensuring loyalty and strengthening Hellenistic influence in the region during the Wars of the Successors after Alexander’s death.
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