Diadochi

The Diadochi or "successors" were the men who vied for a part of Alexander the Great's Empire upon his sudden death in 323 B.C. The Diadochi are usually considered to be:

• Perdiccas - Prime minister or chief of staff
• Antipater - Military regent in Greece and Macedonia while Alexander was away on his military campaigns
• Eumenes - Staff secretary
• Ptolemy - Personal aide and staff officer
• Lysimachus - Personal aide and staff officer
• Seleucus - Commander of the officers' training corps
• Craterus - Infantry division commander, and son in law of Antipater
• Polysperchon - Infantry division commander
• Antigonus - Infantry division commander
• Cassander - Infantry division commander, and son of Antipater
• Demetrius - Cavalry division commander, and son of Antigonus

For their many wars against each other for control, see Wars of the Diadochi