No. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/divide_and_conquer
"English[edit]
"Etymology[edit]
"From Latin divide et impera
"Verb[edit]
"divide and conquer (third-person singular simple present divides and conquers, present participle dividing and conquering, simple past and past participle divided and conquered)
- To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
- (as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies."
So it's Latin. Ideologies have histories, but languages have longer histories. Marx & Engels may have picked up the idea, but my impression was that their approach was more theoretical than hands-on.