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?
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
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