Complex sentence: Like many other classical authors and historians, Tacitus often mixed moral messages into his historical writing, but Tacitus often passed judgment on questionable or disreputable characters by omitting them, when appropriate, or failing to name them directly, when possible.
Split into simpler sentences: Like many other classical authors and historians, tacitus often mixed moral messages into this evaluation of histories. But Tacitus often passed judgment on questionable or disreputable characters by omitting them, when appropriate, or failing to name them directly, when possible.