when did the practise ...... what ?
this sounds like a question from Moleeworth's History exam
well you know I would come up with an off-the-wall reference
Grotius 1625 wrote the first book on international law and here he is on rape and pillage
http://lonang.com/library/reference/grotius-law-war-and-peace/gro-304/
I am not sure if he is for it
the Romans certainly were
As you well know the Victors dont commit war crimes and altho the Rape of Nanking ( 1937 250 000 dead ) was a war crime its erm sister atrocity the Rape of Berlin 1945 was NOT ( but is now considered to be one )
Is there more war crime around than there was then ?
No there are more tv cameras ......