S2 • E15 Dec 18, 2022 58m
Victorious Empires have long benefited from the fruits of conquest, through territorial expansion, wealth accumulation, and cultural dominance. But they also enriched themselves through the acquisition or cultural appropriation of monuments, objects, and icons. At worst the spoils of war have also involved the simple pillaging, stealing or destruction of national treasures belonging to the conquered. Pillaging has ancient routes.
