–of mainstream Jews in Galilee provoke a Jewish attack upon a small Roman garrison. It is hypothetically possible that Greek Paulines had a hand in the provocations.
This is the first shed blood. Roman blood.
It will prove a fateful turning point – both for the Jews at that time, and in the span of Jewish history. Shedding blood at any time is a very serious matter. Shedding the blood of the soldiers of the Roman Empire after Rome had given the Jews very considerable autonomy and (by Roman standards) prerogatives as regards the Temple State—was not, shall we say, optimal.
The Jews have just kicked “Superman” (i.e. the Roman Empire) in the shin. And “Superman” was not amused.
But, then again, neither was the Jewish politico–religious right–wing.