Complex sentence: The traditional donative to the troops, however, was reduced by half.There remained the issue of the strained relations between the emperor and the Senate, especially after the supposed bloodiness that had marked Domitian's reign and his dealings with the Curia.
Split into simpler sentences: The traditional donative to the troops, however, was reduced by half. Alston, 200 and 206 There remained the issue of the strained relations between the emperor and the Senate, especially after the supposed bloodiness that had marked Domitian's reign and his dealings with the Curia.