Diadochi

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The Diadochi were important rival successors of Alexander the Great, his Macedonian friends and generals. They include:

• Antigonus (Monophthalmos 'One-eyed', had been governor of Phrygia),
• Antipater (had been left in Europe as Alexander's viceroy),
• Cassander,
• Lysimachus (was Alexander's bodyguard and commander),
• Ptolemy (later, Soter 'Savior'), and
• Seleucus (Nicator 'Conqueror', friend of Alexander).

These men divided Alexander's empire among themselves. The era of the Diadochi extended from Alexander's death in 323 until 301 with the Battle of Ipsus or 281 with the Battle of Corupedium, according to the OCD, which corresponds with the death of the last important Diadochi, Seleucus I. The empire of Alexander was eventually divided into 3 main divisions, in Egypt, Asia, and Macedonia.

Main Source: Guy Thompson Griffith, Simon Hornblower "Diadochi" The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth. © Oxford University Press 1949, 1970, 1996, 2005.

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Also Known As: Successors, Epigoni (sometimes reserved for the later generations)