They led a solely reactionary, decentralized alliance against the growing power of Athens. It began collapsing the second after their objectives were achieved.Meanwhile had Athens won, we very likely could've seen the Delian League develop into an Athenian Empire able to defeat Persia early and dominate the Mediterranean, maybe even preventing the rise of Rome.
>>18555738Philip unified (almost all of) Greece less than a century after Athens' defeat though. And Athens deserved to lose. I think a better assessment would be that Sparta and Athens fighting such a bitter war weakened Greece severely, where otherwise they had the world at their fingerprints.
>>18555738Greek civilization would've thrived under Persia. Big mistake Gayreeks
>>18555774Macedonia is something else, they profited off the demise of classical Greece to conquer and insert themselves in as its master. They paved the way for Rome in that sense.
