At the end of the thirty first year of the reign of the judges (approximately 63 BC) we have the end of this long war. As a summary, Mormon quickly notes that the Nephites have suffered “wars, and bloodsheds, and famine, and affliction, for the space of many years.” This is an accurate description of the ravages of war on a people who not only must fight, but must attempt to live during the time when conflicts take productive people out of the fields to fight. In long wars, the possibility of famine was always present.