30th December 2005, 02:22 PM
As it seems to be the case that the apparent success of the colonisation/invasion/romanisation depended upon the "conversion/coercion" of the indigenous ruling classes-does anyone know of any instances where internal "class" conflicts arose because of this? A modern parallel- our current ruling classes choose to side with uncle Sam for reasons best known to themselves.This has`nt led to all out rebellion of the masses because (in my view) we can be seen as too comfortable to rock the boat.I don`t feel we could claim the same for the indigenous masses.Did therefore, the indigenous masses simply toe the line as dictated by their rulers?