the problem is people forget you cant compare back then with now... doing that mixes up too many things... No ruler back than would pass our How Benevolent Are You Test (Rulers only) who cared about the lowely life scum, barely any. Who didnt slaughter thousands if not hundred thousands... none. Who hadn't had a direct family member (or even they themself) who had sexual relationship/married with someone under 16 (it happens now still).

So saying this is bad or that is bad is irrellevent because it might not have been considered bad back then. IF they did the exact same and they would look forward from the past to the future, they'd condemn the entire world as a moralless blasphemous society which should be burned to hell asap.

actually, probably a 100-200 years ago, people would have thought that too.