Meaning of diadochi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The rival generals of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BCE.
   plural, plural-only
2. Alternative letter-case form of Diadochi.
   alt-of, plural, plural-only

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Examples

“The diadochi not only continued to propagate the typological portrait of Alexander, they also commissioned such portraits themselves.”

“To be sure, one would have expected some wrangling about the diadochi, perhaps even a hard confrontation between party bosses and military leaders, but beerhall battles and street fighting, as in the days of the Weimar Republic, were scarcely to be expected.”

“If you were to follow the wars of the diadochi, Alexander’s generals, after the death of Alexander the great, then the northern kingdom later becomes Syria only.”

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