Complex sentence: Succession disputes were prevalent here, just as in most of the later periods, and the Nara period also saw the first Shogun, Ōtomo no Otomaro (大伴 弟麻呂 or 大伴 乙麻呂?, 731--June 14,809).
Split into simpler sentences: Succession disputes were prevalent here, just as in most of the later periods. The Nara period saw the appointment of the first Shogun, Ōtomo no Otomaro (大伴 弟麻呂 or 大伴 乙麻呂, 731--June 14,809).