Diadochi

/ daɪˈædəkaɪ /

plural noun

1. the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Diadochi¹

Greek: successors

Example Sentences

The term is also applied to the descendants of the Diadochi, the successors of Alexander the Great.

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But the weight of argument seems to me to rest with those who believe that it was made at Rhodes in the time of the Diadochi.

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They were indeed, according to the circumstances of the time, The Diadochi.

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You will find no such crimes as these committed by the Diadochi.

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He ruled from Phrygia to the Indus, and was the most powerful of the Diadochi.

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