d'Siphus and the Jews in the Galilee

For the entire eight years of the war, Rogers refers to a parallel civil war among the Jews. They seem nearly totally unable to put aside internal differences to achieve a united front. This failure of unity not only made the job of the Romans much easier at Jerusalem, it was a constant weakness of the Jews throughout the war. The Jewish leaders all seem to have been extremely ruthless, driven by religious ideology more than practical concerns.