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Diádochoi, lit. "Successors", Koinē Greek pronunciation: [diˈadokʰy]) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC. The Wars of the Diadochi mark the beginning of the Hellenistic period from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley .
Mar 26, 2021 · The partition showed that the diadochi were having their own ambitions but the empire was still united under the names of Alexander IV and Philip III. After Triparadisus, Antipater replaced Perdiccas as the empire’s regent. However, he died in 319 BCE from old age (81 years old). The next decades were a long and bloody conflict amongst the ...
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Jan 26, 2022 · Catherine The Great's Family Tree Explained. Heritage Images/Getty Images. By Noemi Arellano-Summer / Jan. 26, 2022 4:42 pm EST. Catherine the Great was one of Russia's greatest leaders — even though she actually wasn't Russian by birth. Catherine was, in fact, German, first being named Sophie Freiderike Auguste (her name has a few variations ...
Nov 2, 2023 · Salome danced for Herod Antipas and, at Herodias’s direction, requested the beheading of John the Baptist. Later she married her great-uncle Philip the Tetrarch. Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee &: Perea (r. 4 B.C.E.–39 C.E.), was Herodias’s uncle and second husband. After Salome’s dance and his rash promise, he executed John the Baptist.
Dec 15, 2023 · Alongside Crispus the son of the eastern Augustus, Licinius, and Constantine’s eldest son by Fausta, Constantine II, were also afforded the rank of Caesar. Here we see Constantine beginning to stack the imperial deck of cards in favor of his blood relations. He would eventually remove Licinius in 324 CE and add the eastern provinces to his ...
The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; Russian: Романовы, romanized: Romanovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəvɨ]) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible , the first crowned tsar of all Russia .
Alfred's successor on the throne of Wessex was Edward, called the Elder. The relations between Wessex and the Danelagh were doomed not to be permanent, for it was always a difficult matter to keep the Danes from aggressive movement. Hence the reign of Edward was largely taken up with the establishment of a real supremacy over the greater part ...
