Hallo,
Ich bin in Geschichte nicht so sehr bewandert, deshalb: gabs
z.B. in historischer Zeit bei den Römern oder den Ägyptern ein
ähnliches Beispiel, bei dem ein großes Reich sich einem zwar
unterlegenen Gegner gegenübersah, der aber trotz klarer
Unterlegenheit nicht zur Aufgabe zu zwingen war? Wie haben die
das Problem damals gelöst?
Nun, da fällt mir eine Recht ähnlich gelagerte Situation ein:
In Brittanien hatten die Römer immer wieder Ärger mit den ansässigen Kelten, die zum Teil wohl auch durch die Druiden (Religion ick hör dir trappsen…) beeinflusst wurden.
Die Lösung der Römer: Sie haben die Druiden auf der Insel Môn (Nordwales) zusammengetrieben und quasi bis auf den letzten Mann ausgelöscht.
Ob das ein Weg ist, den wir heutzutage beschreiten möchten ist freilich eine andere Frage.
_Over time Ynys Mon became perhaps the most important centre in Wales for the mystical Druidic religion, the spiritual sect of the Celts. It was looked upon as a site of great spiritual identity for hundreds of years.
As the Romans gathered strength in Britain they felt the fierce resistance of the Celts often guided by the Druids. The Celts in the West Country of Britain were pushed and broken, many of them fleeing to Brittany. The most resistant and dangerous were the wild bands of fierce Celts who fought the Romans through the Midland and into Wales.
Around 60 A.D., Paulinus, who served Emperor Nero (yes, of fiddling fame) had been successful in crushing tribes of Celts through Wales. When he received orders to break the back of the Druids and therefore the Celts; he headed for the stronghold, Ynys Mon.
There on the shore of the Penmon Peninsula he encountered a powerful army of Celts and Druids. Here is an account from Tacitus Annals written at the time of the battle; „On the beach stood the adverse array, a serried mass of arms and men with women flitting between the ranks. In the style of Furies, in robes of deathly black and with dishevelled hair, they brandished their torches; while a circle of Druids, lifting their hands to heaven and showering imprecations, struck the troops with such an awe at the extraordinary spectacle that, as though their limbs were paralyzed, they exposed their bodies to wounds without an attempt at movement.“ The Romans were frightened as you can imagine but forged on as was their style and they „cut down all who met them and enveloped the enemy in his own flames.“ It did not stop there; the sacred groves on Ynys Mon were cut down and many Celts on the island were tortured and killed. The Romans succeeded in destroying the Druids and eventually the Celts._
[Quelle: http://gouk.about.com/library/weekly/aa021802a.htm]
Grüße,
Anwar
