It's just afactthat theprinciplethatunderpinsanyempireisdivideandrule.
He wasaccusedoftryingtodivideandrule.
Thatpolicyofdivideandrulewouldseemto havebackfired.
Sheactivelyencouragedconflict. Divide andrule, that was hermotto.
It wasuniversallyacknowledgedthat heoperatedasystemofdivideandrule.