looting guide

**MerlinusCDXX** · 10-16-2007, 19:40

Originally Posted by hooahguy14

it would be against my religion to do that....

Originally Posted by EdwardL

Evil thread

. I always view the benefits of the unique structures more valuable in the long run, than a simple vandalizing and destruction of buildings that cannot be rebuilt.

@hooahguy14- I'm not suggesting that one SHOULD sack the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, merely that classical-era armies often did in fact loot religious/funerary structures of cultures other than their own, either in anger at the defenders or for financial reasons, or some other motivation.

@ EdwardL- I may appear and speak like a civilized being (sometimes), but I'm really just a jumped-up old-time gangster with access to the royal treasury and military machine. Add to that a homicidal attitude and inherent lack of respect for any opposing cultures (anyone my "gang" happens to be at war with at the moment) and you could see why I would sack a royal tomb for cash.

I think that it is amusing how a little education and technological advancement suddenly turns a bunch of homicidal criminals bent on taking over what others have built into a "civilized" culture, which is exactly what most of the megalomaniacs who ruled ancient empires in fact were.

an evil thread for an evil barstid

**Hooahguy** · 10-17-2007, 00:26

Originally Posted by MerlinusCDXX

@hooahguy14- I'm not suggesting that one SHOULD sack the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, merely that classical-era armies often did in fact loot religious/funerary structures of cultures other than their own, either in anger at the defenders or for financial reasons, or some other motivation.

i was kidding.....