Asked by Makayla

Whose influence in the Jewish community declined after the Romans destroyed the temple?

Sadducees
Pharisees
Levites
rabbis

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Sadducees

They were a priestly, aristocratic group whose authority depended on the Temple and its rituals; when the Romans destroyed the Temple (70 CE) their influence collapsed while Pharisaic/rabbinic leadership rose.