For
Victors control power, media, and education.
Against
Many historians preserve voices of all sides.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Only the victors could write about what happened, the defeated were mostly dead so they could not.”
“We have no account from a single Cimbrian historian about the war, from their point of view.”
“History is not written by "the victors". It is written by historians who overwhelmingly try to accurately present the historical reality.”
“Historiography is bloody complicated, and arguably one of the biggest headaches when it comes to studying history.”