Complex sentence: Popularization of Plato's ideas began with the wider Renaissance and the translation of Plato's works by Marsilio Ficino (1433--1499), culminating in the Enlightenment.
Split into simpler sentences: Popularization of Plato's ideas began with the wider Renaissance and the translation of Plato's works by Marsilio. P. Ficino (1433--1499), culminating in the Enlightenment.