Complex sentence: Some of this history, composed more than 500 years after the events, with scant written sources to rely on, may be fictitious reconstruction-nonetheless the influence of Greek ideas on governance is evident in the organisation of the Roman Republic.
Split into simpler sentences: Some of this history, composed more than 500 years after the events, with scant written sources to rely on, may be fictitious reconstruction. Nonetheless, the influence of Greek ideas on governance is evident in the organisation of the Roman Republic.