The History of the Diadochi: Every Year

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Happy 2022 everyone! Enjoy!

[@kos_78]

Happy New Year!

[@thebarber4397]

Thanks! Happy 2022 to you to!

[@turkishmapper07]

@YugoslavianMappinGaming1291 [Leader IMAG and YUC] 2faced Slav

[@anjanasingh2143]

Happy New year 🥳

[@tahsin6743]

Happy New Year!

[@ebonargamer1829]

I know it's not a member of the Diadochi, but it would have been interesting to see Rome included as it expanded into the regions as point of reference and to show the part it played in their downfall. Awesome as always though!

[@nikitaostrovsky8416]

And Parthia too

[@darthguilder1923]

and Parthia too

[@nenenindonu]

Kingdom of Pontus also

[@gequitz]

Sealand too 🚩🏳🏴

[@davidtovmasyan691]

Armenia too

[@skykid]

Fun Fact: The Bactrians had a Greek ruling class and while some continued worship of the Greek pantheon, many were Buddhist, or observed Buddhist practices with Greek deity worship.

[@RexGalilae]

Same with the Indo-Greek Kingdom (shown as "Yavana" Kingdom on this map) which was the last remaining sovereign Hellenic state in the world during its time

[@RexGalilae]

@علي ياسر He didn't. India is filled with nationalists that seek sources of pride to justify their terrible living conditions in the hell hole they grew up in. They're trying hard to create a false sense of brotherhood with Buddhists in an attempt to alienate Muslims and Christians in their country and it's barely working. It's like if Israelis expressed pride in Christianity and claimed Jesus to be one of their own lmao. Buddhism, the way its practiced in most of the world, is just as "Indian" and Nicene Christianity "Jewish"

[@febrian0079]

@@RexGalilae Jesus was indeed one of their own (Jews)

[@RexGalilae]

@@febrian0079 He was but no Jew today sees him as legitimate nor takes pride in him being the founder of Christianity. They see him as a heretic at worst

[@febrian0079]

@@RexGalilae oh sorry, i didn't read it clearly, i thought you said "it's like Israelis" instead of what you actually said: "it's like if Israelis"

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

it's impressive to think that from 356bc to 10ad is actually 366 years which is the distance between today and 1660s ... to Augustus and Tiberius, Philip the 2nd was someone who lived around the time of Oliver Cromwell... wow

[@welcometothemonkeyapezone7797]

It's crazy to me that Greek nations ruled parts of India for a century longer than the USA existed, yet so little of their history remains. It'd be interesting if one nation or culture somehow lasted until present, what a modernized Indo-Greek fusion would look like. Would versions of their Greek gods fuse into the Hindu pantheon, or influence Buddism further than it already did, or would they convert to Islam? What would their relationship and views towards the west look like - originating there yet thousands of years distant from it.

[@welcometothemonkeyapezone7797]

Also the greeks have some of the best, longest and most durable foreskins of any peoples. Sometimes you can even find some feta nuggets burried in them Gyro rolls so to speak.

[@evy2031]

@@welcometothemonkeyapezone7797 excuse me what

[@huseynaxmedov09]

@@welcometothemonkeyapezone7797 hol' up

[@dajjukunrama5695]

First comment 😄 Second comment 💩

[@evalationx2649]

Some of the Greek colonists are still there, they're called the "Kalash people".

[@almcmemeshack8443]

Fun fact: the reason the Seleucids were unable to defeat Bactria was because antibiotics hadn’t been invented yet

[@bodo-bing]

_Daaaaaaaad!_ 🙄

[@DRAGON_G09]

Sad that Greeks fought Bactria which was Greek

[@christopherhardy8808]

When are you referring to?

[@BuriedFlame]

Durr hurrr hurr hyuk!

[@treeburger]

They had antiboeotics, which had proven successful in fighting the Heebie Thebies.

[@armandom.s.1844]

Really good stuff as always. I think there are some innacuracies in the most eastern part of the Hellenistic world but it's true that is really hard to properly know not only frontiers but also what the hell was happening there, as we have almost no sources. Also, have a nice 2022 everyone.

[@seleukiasoter9305]

LESSGOOOOO my favorite time period and by far the most underrated

[@KingAtlas761]

Awesome video emperortigerstar, hope you had a happy New Years,. I’ve always been fascinated with stuff like this, Alexander’s and Cyrus empires and many more set the stones for how empires rise and fall. As many have said nothing last forever, not even empires. And if you take suggestions, could you do a history of Morocco ? I’ve also been fascinated in moroccos history as well, and it would be great to see one of the best mapping historians make it.

[@CostasMelas]

Great work!

[@CleberSantos-io9bk]

Hi Costas Melas, I like your videos too.

[@bruceismay5440]

Tiger star your animations have inspired me to start a history channel and I am nearly done animating and explaining the western front which I’ll upload soon. Thanks for the incredible vids

[@Krasipol]

I am really not a fan of individual-based-history, but the conquests of Alexander sure had a lasting impact.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

Even so, he'd be nowhere without Philip II.

[@gequitz]

Yeah, I've come to only like battle map videos if the they're about genius generals like Caesar or Khalid who really changed history

[@nenenindonu]

In this case the individual factor simply becomes undeniable how could one put the Macedonian Empire over Alexander or the Timurid Empire over Tamerlane

[@caiawlodarski5339]

@@MsPaintMr More like no modern historian at all. If you think Alexander created the circumstances necessary for the conquest of Persia by himself and out of nothing you don't know anything about the many circumstances which led to the rise of Macedon and were not under the control of Phillip much less of Alexander himself or any other individual.

[@xtron1234]

Great Man History may not really be accurate, but damn if it doesn’t make for good reading.

[@phthedude1]

What's the reason for not including Epirus, especially under Pyrrhus? He was distantly related to Alexander, briefly king of Macedon and was very much involved in the power struggles of the Diadochi.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Because Epirus wasn’t directly created out of Alexander’s Empire.

[@GeldtheGelded]

@@EmperorTigerstar Well, he still played a great role in the diadochi wars, you can't leave my man outta there

[@polandball122pl]

But he wasnt the alexander general dinasty

[@Man5on92]

The best video of Macedonian empire every year I've ever watched on youtube! mainly cause no one mention Alexander's former generals who are also his succesors, very nice video, thank you!

[@freddiecawston2892]

Props to Ptolemenic Egypt for +100 stability points.

[@salvadorhenriquez4091]

They integrated themselves very well with the egyptians

[@andrew7taylor]

@@salvadorhenriquez4091 Didn't they marry each other and pride themselves in not knowing Egyptian? I read somewhere that Cleopatra VII was the only Ptolemic ruler to learn the language, and she was the last of course.

[@sergiowinter5383]

Alexander: *dies* Rest of the conquered land: endless wars between them Ptolemenic: just chilling

[@salvadorhenriquez4091]

@@andrew7taylor oh well, you are right, the where the classics Habsburgs,

[@InternetLoser-rc2vs]

Ptolemaic egypt wasn't really chilling, the civil wars just weren't really shown on here

[@MendAmar]

0:52 I read that Ptolemaic empire as Problematic empire lol

[@bodo-bing]

Cancel culture comes for Cleopatra 💅

[@pickleism253]

Netflix:

[@randomobserver8168]

It's like Yavana is just clinging on so as to be the last kingdom on the map and then they see the Ptolemaic dynasty vanish and just give up the ghost as well.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

Diadochi ("successors")name of the first generation of military and political leaders after the death of the Macedonian king and conqueror Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. To settle the question whether his empire should disintegrate or survive as a unity, and, if so, under whose rule, they fought several full-scale wars. The result, reached by 300, BCE, was a division into three large parts, which more or less coincided with Alexander's possessions in Europe, Asia, and Egypt

[@onlyfacts4999]

Greeks just can never stop infighting between each other lol

[@bodo-bing]

Wow so true! Almost the entire known world to share and they still pick fights 😉

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

to be fair the Romans and Chinese weren't better at this

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam neither were the Greco-Roman Byzantine combination

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 ik

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam ok

[@baptiste5216]

What was your criterias to decide if a state should be include in this video, the first Diadochis seems obvious but why Bactria or Yavana for exemple ?

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Any major general of Alexander or their descendants that founded or usurped a kingdom counts.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Hell yes what a great way to start of 2022

[@In_Our_Timeline]

sup bro

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

@@In_Our_Timeline Sup

[@vikingdemonpr]

Why Alexander's empire left out Byzantium and parts of Northern Anatolia? Those empty spaces always bothered me 😅

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Those areas simply kept their independence. Bithinya and Pontus were their own kingdoms while Byzantium was an independent city state.

[@vikingdemonpr]

@@EmperorTigerstar oh, now it makes sense. Didnt know that. Thanks :)

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

Alexander only focused on the Achaemenid at first, but ended up in the region of india, so he decided to conquer it. His troops then grew weary and wanted to go home, thus initiating the great return. There, Alexander began growing decadent before dying

[@jonibeeter3288]

Ikr conquer everything leave no blanks behind😤

[@christopherhardy8808]

@@EmperorTigerstar Bithynia and Pontus (with other states) actually formed an alliance against Antiochus I to ensure their independence

[@g.kech.10]

Parthians, Romans and central asian peoples finished up the remains... waited for this and as a greek🇬🇷, I should say that along with costas melas viedo of the diadochi this is the best!!

[@Kingofportals]

Yavana was the only successor state of the Macedonian Empire to make it to the ADs making it to 10 AD, interesting, also the last one!

[@xxAnaconta]

Ptolemaic Egypt being like "smile and wave boys" while the rest of the Diadochi rip themselves apart.

[@christopherhardy8808]

Polemics were ripping each other up as well

[@xxAnaconta]

@@christopherhardy8808 Internally yh, but they avoided major wars between the other diadochi.

[@Kidd-In-Charge]

The growth of Egypt under Cleopatra wasn’t shown, I think. Wasn’t she given Cyprus by Caesar, and then even more by Antony? I know it was short-lived, but it would’ve been cool to see.

[@compatriot852]

Imagine how much our world would change if even at least one of these unique Hellenistic cultures still existed, such as Bactria

[@Kalenz1234]

It's funny how the Macedonien successor states were quarrelling for centuries while Rome was slowly rising in the west before it conquered most of them.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

this time period is such an interesting time to learn about man like the greatest time for greece and persian civilization

[@Arteus_Hoplit]

Amazing work . Thank you from 🇬🇷

[@arolemaprarath6615]

Glorious history! Viva Ellas!

[@turkishmapper07]

@@arolemaprarath6615 arogayma gayrath

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@turkishmapper07 Turkey is Greek.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@turkishmapper07 Turkey, Western Greece, Greece.

[@persiantiger8982]

Greetings from your old rivals 🇮🇷🇬🇷

[@Kevin63GachaandGMOD]

Happy New Year EmperorTigerstar!

[@stephmod7434]

Here before Slavs saying Alexander the great wasn't Greek.

[@stephmod7434]

@Jindřich Sedláček i know thats the point

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@Jindřich Sedláček and in reality they can't even have that name, because they are just west bulgars

[@christopherhardy8808]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam would "southern Serbs " rub it in well for them?

[@stephmod7434]

@@blackkennedy3966 ?

[@Kristiano100]

There's only one person saying anything, calm down lol, if anything this comment is intentionally trying to be provocative.

[@crkcrk702]

Wars between Seleucid and Ptolemaic plays a great part in Torah especially with the feast of of Hannucka

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Why did God please kill the Jews? Is it because of the prophets?

[@crkcrk702]

@@عليياسر-ذ5ب because they stopped worshipping him enough i guess

[@owoc8260]

​@@عليياسر-ذ5بyo wtf

[@dodolulupepe]

Wonderful work!

[@wankawanka3053]

Seleucids returned just to have one last civil war before collapsing again DAMN

[@V-man117]

I love how you also write the names in Greek

[@BossTwan2000]

Me a Persian empire fan: *Look how they masacared my boy*

[@persiantiger8982]

Ah a fellow person of good taste.

[@FarhanSarvari24]

2:19 Bactria looks awfully similar to Afghanistan in this one

[@NotAnAlex_Guy]

Amazing vid as always!

[@christopherellis2663]

Well, I have been to the Yavana territory, and to Sarmigezatusa in Dacia, which Alexander paid a formal visit, while strengthening his claim to the throne. The Punjab and Kashmir have plenty of coins to prove their connection, including the odd Macedonian in the streets.

[@elvastan]

It would have been cool if you showed the vassal Hellenistic kingdoms, like Characene and Osroene. Unfortunatley, then this video would last until 250 AD

[@roblox_smosh]

1:57 nice job Antinochus III, I bet that will last a long time

[@user-37428]

yes I WAS WAITING FOR THIS 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Ok, I'm hearing about this Yavana for the first time, and now I have to find out everything about it...

[@Bundpataka]

Look up Indo Greek kingdom(s). Was finally conquered in AD 10 by invading Scythians

[@anirudh177]

Indo-Greeks were pretty cool until the death of Menander, then it went into decline until a temporary revival under Philoxenus and then it collpased.

[@screamingeagles2670]

The Senile Scibbles at 1:44 music brings back memories

[@MinorityRespecter88]

@0:28 You're gonna wanna slow this part of the video down, it's not edited badly, he really did conquer half the known world in the span of a year.

[@hurryhussar]

2:43 That Seleucid strike back is pretty astounding

[@ubertoaster99]

Fantastic piece of work, well done.

[@pyrosianheir]

Took me a second to realize what happened when modern Greece and Turkey no longer had any contestants. Then I remembered, "Ah, yes. Rome.

[@pyrosianheir]

@gger you'll note that I said "modern." So, while true, that correction was also unnecessary.

[@nichl474]

Turkey? Back then Turkey was north of China and bordered Mongolia. You mean Anatolia

[@pyrosianheir]

@@nichl474 given that I specified "Modern," yes, I was clearly talking about Anatolia. No gotcha points for you.

[@Fryepod3628]

Thank you as always Emperor.

[@Florian0799]

Very interesting video that helped me visualise the exact whereabouts of the Struggle of the Diadoches. One question though didnt Caesar gave cyprus back to egypt?

[@d.austinvaughan773]

It says at 271 a Diadochi state breaks away in Cyrenaica but I can't find any information on it like how/why it broke off and who lead it. Where is the source for this? I would like to read about it.

[@mateoacosta3360]

Magas, one of Ptolemy I sons, uprising against his brother Ptolemy II. Ussually not counted as a Diadochi since the last one was Seleucus but it fits the criteria that the video uses

[@kvzhdist]

Impressive! Another large-scale project

[@Felipe-sc2ef]

Is this historically accurate border gore?

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

Don't ever look at a detailed and accurate map of medieval Germany, you ain't gonna like it.

[@itsfilipinoball8129]

Good video! Keep it up!

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

Who is your favorite Diadochi leader? What could they have accomplished had they instead tried to preserve Alexander's empire?

[@J4R0D]

Imo, Antigonus the One-Eyed. He was the first to really go his own way, not getting tied up in the regencies or controlling Macedon to claim legitimacy. Different from the others who were companions, who saw themselves as the rightful heirs. He came so close to controlling most of the empire and it was only through a coalition of all the other diadochi and the unfortunate delay of his son Demetrius that he was defeated at Ipsus.

[@Biggvs_dickvs]

The whole Antigonid family. They lost so much yet they still keep fighting.

[@bodo-bing]

The Ptolemies for everything they did to foster arts, science, and culture.

[@figtree_video_archive]

I want to give Seleucus a bit of credit just for trying to take back the Indian satrapies and land in Anatolia. Personally my favourite Diadochi.

[@christopherhardy8808]

Seleucus 100%. If he lived a little longer he would have conquered Macedonia (which was technically his by conquest after defeating Lysimachus)

[@Adrian7070-h4g]

Are you sure pars was autonomous under the seleucids?

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Finally someone brings up Aracbosia

[@JERealize]

Congratulations, Tigerstar. You made me play the Indo-Greeks in the EU4 Extended Timeline mod.

[@jesuschrist9513]

Philip slowly squeaked out a fart and Alexander stood up and let it rip, to which all of his generals were suffocated in the cloud which reached from Pella to Punjab

[@redgreekrevolution]

We had our Qin Shi Huang (and then some) but not Han Wudi.

[@unknown12367]

1949🤫

[@localhearthian2387]

Well I now know what Marco Inaros' ship is named after

[@persiantiger8982]

2:18 I just realised how this resembles the modern day Iran-Pakistan-Afghanistan borders. Minus the Meaapotamian and Syrian lands..

[@calm1tbh]

Yeah I noticed that aswell, that's crazy.

[@LoudWaffle]

Didn't the Antigonids have control of Macedon from 294 onward? But Lysimachus is depicted as controlling that region from 288 - 281 here, why? And why was Macedon marked as non-Antigonid from 281 - 278? I'm genuinely asking - my knowledge of the time period is relatively amateur, so it's entirely possible I had missed some power/territorial shift there. But my understanding is that once Demetrius I Seized the country his control of it remained steady for a long time.

[@Adrian7070-h4g]

Was Pars a vassal of the seleucids? I thought this happened under the Parthians. I also thought atropatene was independent. Also Antiochus conquered Armenia entirely (if temporarily) I think

[@Dersimite]

2:33 Parthian empire joined the chat

[@data_analyst7944]

Greeks after the death of Alexander:- let's divide the kingdom and weaken it. Mongols after the death of changez khan:- let's divide the Kingdom and weaken it.

[@TheAnakinn]

The Ptolemaic Empire for most of the time: These borders are fine, I'll keep them this way.

[@RRmapping]

Good work

[@kos_78]

Nice!

[@deus_v00lt38]

Hi! would you mind if i use some maps from this video for my history video?

[@SasafrasYT]

wait, i thought the Seleucids were still around by the time ck3 starts, isn't one of the dynasties called that? i don't remember if its the 1066 start or the 840 start but were they just fakes? or like completely unrelated.

[@thegreatteaman]

If you saw something about the Seleucid Empire in CK3, it was probably someone reforming the Seleucids or something, since what this video shows is correct, and I’ve not seen anything that says that the Seleucid dynasty survived a thousand years after the empire collapsed. But I could be wrong.

[@SasafrasYT]

@@thegreatteaman Seljuk my bad

[@thegreatteaman]

@@SasafrasYT ahh ok that makes more sense lol

[@logoseven3365]

That Alexander kid was good. I mean really good. Definitely above average. Awesome actually. I just can’t find the right word to describe how special he was.

[@johnmcfly-zf2xh]

Maybe he was.... Great?

[@logoseven3365]

@@johnmcfly-zf2xh When we started having children, one of our friends was struggling with picking names for their future kids. I said, if you end them with “the Great” they seem to do well. Catherine, Peter, Alexander, all did well for them selves. She had this look of, he can’t be that stupid, on her face. It was Great!

[@monkeypie8701]

We could see one for Rome?

[@christopherhardy8808]

During the final decades of Seleucid Syria, Beroea and Hierapolis (Near the Euphrates) broke free under a Seleucid official, and he even captured Philip I. The Ituraeans and Emesans also arose during that time.

[@Koala1203]

Greek and North Macedonian nationalist starting an angry comment war in this video in 3, 2, 1, GO! (grabs eucalyptus from gum tree)

[@Biggvs_dickvs]

Their not Hellenic. Their Slavic, Nubian and Alien Mmkay!

[@duynguyen955]

Did yavana kingdom and antigonid Macedon and Bactria have age of consent?

[@elvastan]

Just when I wanted it!

[@coolchannel44]

Thanks!!!

[@089roblox1]

what is going on near the modern day India-Pakistan border?

[@CollinBuckman]

Indo-Greeks, very interesting group, melded quite a bit with the local cultures and religions (you can find a fair few statues from the period showing Heracles as the divine protector of Gautama Buddha, for example)

[@089roblox1]

@@CollinBuckman I mean the lake near the border. It's very messy.

[@samxiang4669]

@@089roblox1 You mean the area next to the coast?

[@089roblox1]

@@samxiang4669 Yes. The "inland sea"

[@samxiang4669]

@@089roblox1 I think that's the Rann of Kutch and I think it's a seasonal bay/marsh or something

[@gwendalduforum]

Where is Acheus imo

[@pantaleonpantaleonopoulos2875]

Nice video. Imperio Romano hoc placet! (The Roman Empire likes this!)

[@2dogplc]

*Rome: Total War intensifies*

[@Pepperpotk]

I liked when the bell tolled right when the Seleucid empire disappeared

[@atreast.4331]

We need Pontus as well

[@kenanhasan9784]

Thanks

[@hugo57k91]

Man I sneezed teice and Acheus showed up in the video

[@luqman5922]

Diadochi : **exists** Roman empire : get out this zone is mine

[@superfrycook6360]

When the Diadochi is crumbling… Romans and Persians: It’s free real estate!

[@BanCommies_Fascists]

*Parthians. Persia got revived in 3rd century AD

[@loadeddice4696]

Diadochi-Dochi Literature Club

[@HauptschulePerformances]

Greco Bactrian and Indo Greek Kingdoms!

[@harnikocink9328]

Can you imagine how awesome it would’ve been if Pakistan spoke Greek? What a shame.

[@Bundpataka]

Can you Imagine how awesome it would’ve been if Greece spoke Turkish? What a shame.

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

There are about a hundred or so languages in Pakistan brah.. Greek would have just been incorporated into one of them. Actually it kind of is in the Kalash community I believe.

[@Bundpataka]

@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Kalash community being descended from Greeks is a total myth. They’re just an isolated tribe of Dardic speakers that never got assimilated into mainstream Indian Hindu culture, Islamic Indian/Pakistani culture, or Afghan culture

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@Bundpataka I see... Well the more you know. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if we actually have some remnants of Indo-Greek kingdom people.. We have African tribes settled here as well..

[@harry-matakios1344]

@@Bundpataka we have adopted many turkish words and i personally find it quite awesome . My dream is a future confederation between the greeks and the turks . The greatest qonquerors in human history . Unlike pakistanis and indians who always lose in the end xD

[@andrewthejew6007]

Pain.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

The Diadochi period is awesome

[@macsenpuma]

Zen and the Art of Empire Maintenance, Greek style One has to wonder how the Greco-Persian Wars softened up the Achaemenids for the rise of Alexander.

[@averageviewer6279]

The Persian-Greco wars did not soften the Achemenid empire for Alexander, 3 things did, the dynastic struggle that resulted in the inexperienced Darius ending up on the Throne, the lack of native Persian heavey infantry as well as Cataprachs not being available yet, and lastly the incompetence and cruelty of the Anatolian satraps. The Persian - Greco wars did nothing but prove the phoenicians are bad at naval warfare and should not be relied on.

[@ole3273]

Μέγας Αλέξανδρος Ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους αν όχι ο μεγαλύτερος στρατηγός της ανθρώπινης ιστορίας Alexander the Great One of the biggest if not the biggest general in human history Ελλάς δοξασμένη 🇬🇷

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

Napoleon

[@MrZZ-py4pq]

Sun Tzu

[@R-H-B]

Genghis Khan?

[@Veriox22]

All of the answers below are people directly influenced by alexander's conquests.

[@R-H-B]

@@Veriox22 sun tzu and genghis? Napoleon?

[@rudi8192]

Why Epirus not shown? It is involved in this war.

[@thegreatteaman]

Although it was involved in many of the wars, it wasn't a Diadochi faction itself. It's the same reason why Rome and Parthia aren't shown. Although they participated in many of the conflicts, they weren't Diadochi.

[@Brahmdagh]

2:34 Those borders look very much like modern Pakistan, Iran etc

[@Bundpataka]

It resembles Pakistan borders due to Afghan mountains in the west, Himalayas in the north, and Thar desert in the east, and the sea to the south that forced the Kingdom to take the shape of Pakistan. If you look however, the kingdom extends into modern day India in the eastern Punjab region, because there was no geographical barrier preventing easy expansion there

[@loading2933]

To be fair Selucius started with 1k troops and went to make a big empire.

[@afonsodealbuquerque1879]

Cassander was the Yuan Shu of the Diadochi.