Complex sentence: Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (January 20,1664--January 6,1718) was an Italian man of letters and jurist, was born at Roggiano, a small town near Cosenza, in Calabria.
Split into simpler sentences: Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (January 20,1664--January 6,1718) was an Italian man of letters and jurist. He was born at Roggiano, a small town near Cosenza, in Calabria.