The Diadochi [a] (sing.: diadochos) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC. The Wars of the Diadochi mark the beginning of the Hellenistic period from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley.

War of the Crown Princes) or Wars of Alexander's Successors were a series of conflicts fought between the generals of Alexander the Great, known as the Diadochi, over who would rule his empire following his death. The fighting occurred between 322 and 281 BC.

2021年3月26日 · Alexander the Great's diadochi (successors) fought over a vast empire spanning from Greece to India in a series of bloody conflicts. The age of the diadochi of Alexander the Great was one of the bloodiest pages of Greek history.

2023年2月14日 · After Alexander the Great’s sudden death in 323 BC, his vast Empire was divided by his generals, who became known as the Diadochi (which means “successors” in Greek). It did not take long for the Diadochi to begin fighting each other for control of the former empire’s various territories.

2016年7月14日 · The military commanders who had followed the king for over a decade across the sands of Asia were left to fight each other over their small piece of the territorial pie. These were the Wars of Succession or Wars of the Diadochi. What …

2024年8月31日 · Explore the legacy of the Diadochi, the successors of Alexander the Great, who shaped the Hellenistic world through political fragmentation, cultural synthesis, and military innovations.

2019年5月6日 · Diadochi ("successors"): name of the first generation of military and political leaders after the death of the Macedonian king and conqueror Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. To settle the question whether his empire should disintegrate or survive as a unity, and, if so, under whose rule, they fought several full-scale wars.

Explore the timline of Wars of the Diadochi. On June 10, 323 BCE Alexander the Great died in Babylon. Although historians have debated the exact cause most agree that the empire he built was left without adequate leadership for there was no clear...

Seleucus I Nicator (born c. 358 bce, Europus, Macedonia—died August/September 281, near Lysimachia, Thrace) was a Macedonian army officer who founded the Seleucid kingdom. In the struggles following the death of Alexander the Great, he rose from governor of Babylon to king of an empire centering on Syria and Iran.

The Second War of the Diadochi was the conflict between the coalition of Polyperchon (as Regent of the Empire), Olympias and Eumenes and the coalition of Cassander, Antigonus, Ptolemy and Lysimachus following the death of Cassander's father, Antipater (the old Regent).