The Diadochi

The Diadochi Quiz

Test your knowledge on the fascinating era of the Diadochi, the successors of Alexander the Great! This quiz covers key figures, significant battles, and the cultural impact of this historic period.

Challenge yourself with questions like:

Who were the main successors of Alexander?
What wars emerged from their rivalries?
How did they influence the territories they conquered?

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by ExploringHistory123

Who were the first wave of Diadochi?

Perdiccas, Seleucus, Lysimachus, Crassus

Perdiccas, Ptolemy, Antipater and Crateros

Ptolemy, Seleucus, lysimachus, Cassander

Eumenes, Antigonus, Demetrius, Ptolemy

What was the end of the Diadochi (Hellenic) period?

Fall of Egypt 30 B.C.

The rise of the Parthian empire

Conquest of the east by Pompey Magnus

The establishment of a Greek-indo kingdom in the east

What was the most prominent effect of the battle at Ipsus

Elephants got a big role in warfare for the first time

All hopes of uniting Alexanders empire were gone and this empire got divided into 4 blocks

Seleucus I Nicator made his first appereance

Hannibal got his inspirations from this battle

In what style did the Diadochi fight?

They used the local populations way of warfare

They used the Macedonian phalanx with local influences

They copied exactly the method Alexander had used

They fought as horse archers

The greeks where known for spreading greek culture to the conquered lands, how is this proces called?

Grecosation

Hellenisation

Alexandrism

Greekifying

Which succesor stole the body of Alexander the Greag thereby starting the first Diadochi war

Antipater

Perdiccas

Antigonos

Ptolemy I Soter

The Seleucid empire was one of the bigger states emerging from this time. What great City would become their capital under Antochonus I Soter?

Seleucia

Damascus

Antioch

Alexandria

What famous king tried to invade italy to gain manpower for his Macedonia campaign?

Antiochus the Great

Pyrrhus of Epirus

Mithridates of Pontus

Lysimachus

The Graeco-Bactrian kingdom got its indepence from one of the diadochi empires. Which one?

Ptolemaic empire

Seleucid Empire

Perdiccas' empire

Antigonid empire

One of the biggest rivalries of ancient history was one between to successor states. Fighting over 4 major wars against each other. Who fought each other in this bitter rivalry?

The Ptolemies and the Seleucids

The Macedonians and the Molossians

The Ptolemies and Macedon

The Seleucids and Macedon

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