See also:

• DIADOCHI (Gr. &aUxeo-Oat, to receive from another)

DIADOCHI (Gr. &aUxeo-See also:

• OAT (O. Eng. ate; the word is not found in cognate languages; it may be allied with Fr. eitel, knot, nodule, cf. Gr. oiSos swelling)

Oat, to receive from another)  , i.e . " Successors," the name given to the Macedonian generals whofought for the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander after his See also:

• DEATH

death in 323 B.C . The name includes Antigonus and his son See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Poliorcetes, See also:

• ANTIPATER (398?-319 B.C.)

Antipater and his son See also:

• CASSANDER (c. 350—297 B.C.)
• CASSANDER (or CASSANT), GEORGE (1513-1566)

Cassander, Seleucus, See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, See also:

• EUMENES
• EUMENES (c. 360-316 B.C.)

Eumenes and See also:

• LYSIMACHUS (c. 355—281 B.C.)

Lysimachus . The kingdoms into which the Macedonian empire was divided under these rulers are known as Hellenistic . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief were See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor and See also:

• SYRIA

Syria under the Seleucid See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

Dynasty (q.v.), See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt under the See also:

• PTOLEMIES

Ptolemies (q.v.), See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia under the successors of Antigonus Gonatas, See also:

• PERGAMUM, or PERGAMTS (mod. Bergama)

Pergamum (q v.) under the Attalid dynasty . Gradually these kingdoms were merged in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman empire .