Since the beginning of time there have been couples who made history. They exist stories (legends and myths) and stories of couples that marked a certain era.
However, we must understand that the formation of such couples was not due to loving desires, but to social and political pacts.
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Therefore, we selected four couples that marked Classical Antiquity and Middle Ages for varied reasons.
Alexander the Great was emperor of macedonian empire (or Hellenistic Empire) during the 4th century BC. W.
He was responsible for spreading the greek culture for several regions of the “Old World”, mainly in the Middle East and Asia Minor.
The apex of his expansionist policy was the victory over the Persian Empire. Such conquest caused the emperor to incorporate huge swaths of land from the Asian continent and the Middle East, in addition to controlling the conquered peoples.
Alexandre sought to respect the culture of the dominated peoples, aiming to maintain a good relationship with them.
It was after the conquest of Persia that he fell in love with Roxane, a Bactrian noblewoman, daughter of Oxyartes.
There are historians who claim that the couple's passion was in fact true. Their marriage represented the union between Greek culture and Persian culture.
Together, they had a son, Alexander IV, who was later murdered with his mother and grandmother (Alexander's mother), by one of the Empire's generals.
Mark Antony and cleopatra was a couple that marked the Old age. He was one of the generals who served in Pomegranate in the period of Republic, being one of the members of the Second Triumvirate, alongside Lépido and Otávio.
Mark Antony and Cleopatra met after the death of Julius Caesar, provoked by Roman senators.
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, the queen of Egypt she came to be seen as a possible suspect. With that, Mark Antony was in charge of interrogating Cleopatra.
When he came across the young queen, he fell in love. He abandoned his then wife, Octavia, and went to live with Cleopatra in Alexandria (then Egyptian capital).
All Asian and Egyptian territory was under the rule of the Romans. Devotion to Cleopatra made Mark Antony leave his entire inheritance to the queen and her children.
The general's decision revolted the Roman nobles who launched a military campaign that ended with the victory of Otávio, who ascended to the position of emperor.
Abelard and Heloise was the best-known couple during the Middle Ages. He was master of philosophy and specialist in some studies, such as astrology It is alchemy, and worked at Notre-Dame Cathedral School.
Heloísa was one of the students at the institution and lived under the care of her uncle Fulbert. Interest in the same subjects brought the two together who quickly fell in love with each other.
The young student tried to convince her uncle to hire Abelardo as her tutor, to give private lessons at home.
After some time, Fulbert noticed that their relationship went beyond the academic sphere and expelled Aberlado from his home.
The couple continued to meet in secret and, as a result, Heloísa ended up getting pregnant by the boy who took her to his sister's house, in Vila de Pallet.
A short time later, Abelardo returned to Paris determined to ask for the young girl's hand in marriage. The uncle granted it and the two were married.
However, people close to Fulbert mocked the fact that the niece had married pregnant. Disgusted, he hired some henchmen to go to the couple's house and castrate Abelardo.
Faced with such a tragedy, the boy chose to follow life inside a monastery. Heloísa also followed the same steps and moved to a convent.
However, they continued to keep in touch through letters that reflected all the love they felt for each other.
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile was a couple that stood out during the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern age. Both of Hispanic origin, they were responsible for the formation of Europe.
Their marriage united the territory that currently corresponds to the Spain. In December 1496, Pope Alexander VI granted the couple the title of “Catholic Kings”.
The Catholic title allowed the Spanish kingdom to expel the muslims of the Iberian territory and, with that, become a great maritime empire.
In addition, Isabel and Fernando financed the expeditions of the Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus in the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Indies.
This expedition triggered the arrival of Columbus to the American continent, in 1492. This venture resulted in the colonization of numerous native peoples.
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