Wars of the Diadochi

This article is written like a story. Please help rewrite this article to introduce an encyclopedic style and a neutral point of view. (March 2019)

Wars of Diadochi
The various kingdoms of the Diadochi c. 301 BC
Date 322–281 BC (41 years) Location Greece, Macedon, Thrace, Anatolia, Levant, Egypt, Babylon and Persia Result First War: Antipatrid victory Second War: Antigonid-led coalition victory Third War: Antigonid defeat Babylonian War: Seleucid victory Fourth War: Antigonid defeat
Belligerents
First War (321–319 BC): Antipatrid dynasty Antigonid dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty	First War (321–319 BC): Perdiccas's faction
Second War (318–316 BC): Antigonid dynasty Antipatrid dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty Lysimachid Thrace	Second War (318–316 BC): Polyperchon's faction Epirus
Third War (315-311BC): Antigonid dynasty Polyperchon	Third War (315-311 BC): Ptolemaic Egypt Nabateans Antipatrid Macedon Lysimachid Thrace Caria
Babylonian War (311–309 BC): Antigonid dynasty	Babylonian War (311–309 BC): Seleucid Empire
Fourth War (307–301 BC): Antigonid dynasty	Fourth War (307–301 BC): Ptolemaic Egypt Antipatrid Macedon Lysimachid Thrace Seleucid Persia
Commanders and leaders
First War (321–319 BC): Antipater Craterus † Neoptolemus † Antigonus Ptolemy	First War (321–319 BC): Perdiccas X Antigenes Seleucus Peithon Eumenes
Second War 318–316 BC): Antigonus Demetrius Peithon Seleucus Cassander Phillip III  Ptolemy Lysimachus	Second War (318–316 BC): Polyperchon Eumenes  Peucestas Eudemus  Antigenes  Olympias  Aeacides †
Third War (315–311 BC): Antigonus Demetrius Ptolemy Aristodemus Polyperchon	Third War (315–311 BC): Ptolemy Seleucus Cassander Lysimachus Asander
Babylonian War (311–309 BC): Antigonus Demetrius	Babylonian War (311–309 BC): Seleucus
Fourth War (307–301 BC): Antigonus † Demetrius Pyrrhus	Fourth War (308–301 BC): Ptolemy Cassander Lysimachus Seleucus

The Wars of the Diadochi (Ancient Greek: Πόλεμοι τῶν Διαδόχων, romanized: Pólemoi tōn Diadóchōn, lit. War of the Crown Princes) or Wars of Alexander's Successors were a series of conflicts fought between the generals of Alexander the Great, known as the Diadochi, over who would rule his empire following his death. The fighting occurred between 322 and 281 BC.