Ajātasattu's hostility towards the Vajjika League was also the result of the differing forms of political organisation between Magadha and the Vajjika League, with the former being monarchical and the latter being republican, not unlike the opposition of the ancient Greek kingdom of Sparta to the democratic form of government in Athens, and the hostilities between the ancient Macedonian king Philip II to the Athenian and Theban republics.
Ajātasattu's hostility towards the Vajjika League was also a consequence of their differing political structures, with Magadha being monarchical and the Vajjika League republican, similar to the opposition between Sparta and Athens in ancient Greece, as well as the conflicts between Philip II of Macedon and Athenian and Theban republics.