abstract
| - Classical Diadochia was a 900-year period in Diadochian culture lasting from the 9th through the 1st centuries BC. The early half of the Classical Period saw the rise and expansion of the first Diadochian Empire which was based in Macedonia and commonly referred to as the Dardanian Empire of Macedonia. Greek cultural influence greatly expanded during this period of Diadochian history. Ancient Diadochia reached its height in the 5th and 4th centuries, a period known as the Golden Age of Ancient Diadochia. A period when Diadochian politics, scientific thought, literature, theatre, and philosophy flourished. The final period of Classical Diadochia between the 3rd and 1st centuries was characterized by Hellenistic kingdoms formed in the breakup of the First Diadochian Empire. During this period Diadochia experienced prosperity and progress in the arts, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, and science. It is often considered a period of transition, sometimes even of decadence or degeneration when compared to the enlightenment of the earlier classical era. During the later half of the Classical period the great centres of Diadochian culture were Alexandretta, Antiócheia, capitals of the Alexandrine Nea Aígyptos and Isaurian kingdoms respectively. Cities such as Pergamon, Ephesos, Rhodos and Seleucia were also important, and increasing urbanization was characteristic of the time.
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