Usage examples for factious:

• The factious Visigoths then dropped their strife, united in arms under King Athangild, and checked the further progress of the imperial arms. "The Byzantine Empire" – Charles William Chadwick Oman

• Some few harmless ones may have died; but the greater number- those who were sought by the sword's point- were factious tyrants- enemies of your Government, and of your race- men who rashly brought their deaths upon themselves. "The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance" – Harriet Martineau