Some good points there. Another example of history being written by the losers include the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae, and arguably Alexander’s invasion of “India”.

While history might shift its view on righteousness in regard to battles, there are other areas where you can carve your name, such as curing cancer, that history is unlikely to change its view on. Examples in this space include Jonas Salk who invented the polio vaccine or Norman Borlaug who enabled the Green revolution.