Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The Macedonian generals of Alexander the Great, who, after his death in 323
b. c. , divided his empire.
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Nicataor, the only one of the Macedonian _diadochi_ who has not divorced his Persian bride, is about to set up for himself a sovereignty in Babylon, -- which Scipio Africanus, thirteen decades afterwards, struck from the list of the Great Powers when he defeated Seleucus 'descendant Antiochus at Magnesia, -- in 190 again; at which time the Romans first broke into Asia.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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The successors of Alexander (diadochi) fully appreciated this international element, and used it as a link between their barbarian and Hellenic populations.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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