The winners write the history books. That seems to be the way it always is with history. Why does it have to be that way? Well, a web search brings some interesting insight on this.
20201109/DuckDuckGo the winners write the history books
20201109/https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/148791-history-is-always-written-by-the-winners-when-two-cultures
20201109/https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/5597/is-history-always-written-by-the-victors
There have been a number of times in history where the losers have written the history books. Like, the appraised cruelty of the Ottoman empire, that was due to displacement of Greek philosophers in the West. Perhaps the most significant example of history being written primarily by the losers is the Bible. Most of the life of the Israelites was under rule by some other political superior who “won” previous wars and the like, and there are very few exceptions where the Israelites were the “winners.” Likewise with the history of Christianity, until period of the crusades “sullied” that reputation.
Here is the most punctual twist on the subject in question. “History is written by those who can write.”
Okay, I’m convinced, then. Even losers’ history can be important.