Animals fight for survival = food, territory, and mating. Put another way, refuge and prospect. More sophisticated the ability to project future consequences of present conditions, more likely to take aggressive action without looming threat.
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Rome rationalized that their conquests were defensive. Must defeat them before they defeat us. Think Iraq war. I have no doubt that clans and tribes used similar rational thousands of years before Rome.
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