As much as one wants to take a definite position and completely condemn or support the formation of the Delian League as a Greek success story of the ancient past, I really pause and consider both the pros and cons. I truly believe there are both positives and negatives to its formation, even to the point of arguing that the cons outweigh the pros in the formation of Delian's leagues ultimately. The Delian League has its own mission and goals for which it was formed. It was formed as a direct response to the Persian threat of invasion of Greek territory. Its objectives were to ward off the threat of Persian invasion in the sense of defense, to go ahead and attack, and to punish the Persians for its aggressiveness in the sense that the Greeks of the smaller city-states found the league a trap from which they could no longer escape. or separate and spare themselves from the overwhelming influence of Athens. The league became hegemonic and the Athenians were the “master brother” to whom it was obligatory for the smaller city-states to offer not only weapons, but also a financial contribution in the form of taxes so that Athens could have a larger and more strong and participate in the defense. the lands of the Greeks. As Athens expressed interest in forming a league that would continue to fight Persia, it now posed as much of a threat as the Persians against its fellow Greeks in its ambition to become an empire. In the end, it seems that the wars between the Greeks and Persia, and the civil wars between the Greeks, were all, to say the least, pointless wastes of resources and human lives. In my opinion, it exemplifies my belief that all wars are unnecessary. The Greeks threatened by Persia ended up allying themselves with the foreign enemy against their internal enemy. Sparta and other Greek city states even went so far as to receive support from Persia to counteract