the only really dysgenic wars have been wwi and wwii unless you count all the shit china and cambodia have been through... maybe a little further back actually, to around when line warfare was invented. in more modern times, recruiters had standards. in the old days retarded cripples could still maybe drag a pike. so only healthy able-bodied people go to war. in the ancient times relatively few people died in wars, there were rare exceptions. it's not like a videogame where you kill every last person. ancient war works on shock... calculations. kill 10% of the enemy in one swift charge and the rest might just break and shatter, even if that was your only trick you had. the goriest battles were ones that were hard to tell who was winning, if the advantage never went to one side in particular then they would just keep fighting. generals like their troops and want to keep them alive. they all come from the same stock, mostly. britain changed it with some of their "modern warfare" ideas and their stiff upper lip shit. but a lot of ancient history bronze sword bow and arrow shit is a step above tribesmen chucking spears. which was fine, if you can settle your disputes with only a slight risk of dying, great.
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