Complex sentence: Cicero even goes as far as to suggest that the death of Clodius was in the best interests of the republic, as the tribune was a "populares" leader of the restless plebeian mobs, which had plagued the political scene of the late Roman Republic.
Split into simpler sentences: Cicero even goes as far as to suggest that the death of Clodius was in the best interests of the republic. Clodius as a tribune was a popularist, a "populares" leader of the restless plebeian mobs that plagued the political scene of the late Roman Republic.