The symmetry requirement associated with honor suggests a comparison with other forms of interaction such as the duel, in which the actors also threaten each other's survival with armed force. But it also moves war close to sports and entertainment, which already used the form of combat in classical antiquity (e.g. gladiator fights, the "games" of the famous "Bread and Games").
SIMON, Fritz B., 2022. Tödliche Konflikte: zur Selbstorganisation privater und öffentlicher Kriege. 3. Aufl. Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-Systeme. ISBN 978-3-89670-427-3, p. 25