I mean, I get the dialectical struggle of the working and ruling classes being a constant throughout history was a central point of Marx's works, but I don't think that political the political ideologies of the day can be completely accurately described as left v right wing
Personally I think that the left v right wing paradigm shouldn't be used at all on discussing any politics before ~1800 because it just doesn't work
Whigs and Tories?
Since the early days of civilization there has always been a polarized political tension between the most powerful and the less powerful.
I mean, I get the dialectical struggle of the working and ruling classes being a constant throughout history was a central point of Marx's works, but I don't think that political the political ideologies of the day can be completely accurately described as left v right wing
That's a better way to put it.
Then again, actually descriptive terms are way better than "left" and "right" anyway.