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by mirimir 2942 days ago
Also slavery, I bet. Standard practice for victors was killing all defeated adult males, and taking everyone else as slaves. Females got to breed as wives or prostitutes. Young males were sometimes castrated.
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I wonder what the competing groups were eating. Also a very standard practice to replace the Conquered's diet with that of the Conquerors.