New Age author, the late Stuart Wilde said if one delves into history far enough, every king and queen began the lineage with a violent war against enemies which someone won and then was king or queen.
And the pagan style worship and idolatry got under way with gold carriages and jeweled crowns as lowly peasants obeyed them.
Those kinds of great events have humble consequences. I'm descended from at least one usurper, and some of my ancestors were made possible by the victories of other usurpers. So, y'know, mixed bag. :^)