5.But instead it became yet another damage limitation exercise for the prime minister as her party descended into yet another round of factional warfare.
6.In the factional violence before the approach of the Romans however much of the city's food supply had been destroyed by fire, leaving the defenders vulnerable to starvation.
7.Most of the gate's metal bars, capped with sharp tips, had been pulled down at the beginning of the factional civil wars to be used as spears, but two still remained.
8.He also gave generously for the upkeep and development of places of worship of all communities, bringing peace, stability and prosperity into a region that had been subject to factional rivalry, not unlike that seen in the Middle East today.